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The Legion's official Telegram channel was created on 10 March 2022, and its first post called on people to join the armed struggle against the "war criminal Putin". On 5 April, three men wearing military fatigues and black balaclavas held a press conference in Kyiv, announcing that the Freedom of Russia Legion had been formed.
On 12 March 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukrainian-backed armed groups launched a cross-border incursion from Ukraine into Russia. They entered Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts and clashed with the Russian military. At least three groups took part: the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps and Sibir Battalion.
The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) was founded in August 2022 [15] The founder and leader of the group is Denis Nikitin, who has been described as a neo-Nazi. [16] [17] [18] According to the Ukrainian news agency Glavcom, the RVC was formed by Russian volunteers who had started fighting for Ukraine in the Azov Regiment and other units in 2014. [19]
The Freedom of Russia Legion said they carried out a cross-border raid a few miles into Russia’s Belgorod region. ... he is part of the Siberian Battalion, ... the air force said on the Telegram ...
The International Legion Defence of Ukraine, [note 1] or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, [9] is a military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces composed of foreign volunteers. It was created on 27 February 2022 by the Ukrainian government at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fight against the Russian invasion of the country. [10]
On 22 May 2023, armed groups from Ukraine carried out a cross-border raid [19] [20] into Belgorod Oblast, Russia. [21] [22] [23] Two Russian rebel groups allied with and based in Ukraine—the Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL) and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC)—claimed to have taken control of several border settlements, and clashed with Russian government forces.
On 24 August 2024, Pavel Durov, a co-founder of the Telegram messaging service and the social network VK, was arrested after landing at Le Bourget Airport. [2] The arrest was part of a preliminary investigation by the French National Judicial Police. [3][4][5] On 28 August, Durov was indicted on twelve charges, including complicity in the ...
347+ civilians killed [ 1 ] unknown military deaths. There have been attacks in mainland Russia as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. The main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the oil industry. Many of the attacks have been drone strikes, firebombing, and rail sabotage.