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The channel also posted a video calling for people not to participate in the 2024 Russian presidential election. Former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, who lives in Ukraine, claimed that the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Sibir Battalion entered Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts "as part of a joint operation." [21]
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.
Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment. The Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment[ a] (also known as simply Połk Kalinoŭskaha or the Kalinoŭski Regiment ), [ 11] formerly the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion until May 2022 [ 12] is a group of Belarusian opposition volunteers, which was formed to defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion in 2022.
The Kraken Regiment ( Ukrainian: Спецпідрозділ "Kraken", romanized : Spetspidrozdil "Kraken") is a Ukrainian military volunteer unit, part of the spetsnaz units of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) [ 3] formed in 2022 as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine . Named after the mythical sea creature, the ...
On 19 August, the Ukrainian resistance group Atesh claimed that a battalion from the 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade had suffered heavy losses and had only 30% of its combat personnel left. [250] According to a Western official, about 1,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded daily in the fighting in Kursk and Donbas.
Bucha massacre. The Bucha massacre ( Ukrainian: Бучанська різанина, romanized : Buchanska rizanyna; Russian: Резня в Буче, romanized : Reznya v Buche) was the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war [ 12] by the Russian Armed Forces during the fight for and occupation of the city of Bucha as part of ...
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.
In the aftermath, a video of soldiers from the 46th Airmobile Brigade surfaced on various telegram channels protesting the demotion of Anatolii "Kupol" Kozel. During the 2023 Ukrainian Counteroffensive the brigade was involved in Southern Ukraine campaign in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Orikhiv direction. [9]