Tactical group "Belarus"
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| Tactical group "Belarus" | |
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| Belarusian: Тактычная група «Беларусь» | |
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| Active | since June 2015 |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Size | at least 300 people |
Tactical Group "Belarus" is a group of volunteers from Belarus who were involved in the War in the Donbas. They fought on the side of Ukraine, first as part of the Right Sector, and later as part of various formations of the Ukrainian volunteer battalions and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1]
History[edit]
Prerequisites[edit]
Belarusian volunteers had been involved in the War in the Donbas since the beginning of hostilities in the spring of 2014.[2] In the same year a group of Belarusian volunteers, created a detachment called the "Pogonya" detachment.[3] Belarusian volunteers took part in the Battle of Avdiivka in 2014.[4]
Creation and battle path[edit]
The Belarus Tactical Group was established on August 8, 2015, after negotiations with Belarusian activists and the leadership of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps Right Sector.[5] Its fighters fought in the battles at Butivka mine, Pisky, Volnovakha, and Marinka.[4]
In mid August 2015, near Volnovakha, the group fought a battle in which two volunteer, Vitaliy Tilizhenko and Ales Cherkashin , were killed.[6][7]
Personnel[edit]
The fighters do not say how many people are in their formation. It is known that it includes ex-political prisoner Eduard Lobau, Belarusian opposition activist Yan Melnikov ("Belarus"), as well as fighters with the nicknames "Warrior", "Bison" and "Tour".[7][8]
Persecution in Belarus[edit]
The law enforcement agencies of Belarus have repeatedly stated that people whose participation in the war in eastern Ukraine will be proven will be punished under "Mercenary" criminal article, the sanction of which can reach from 3 to 7 years in prison.[9]
In May 2016, Alina Fortuna, a fighter of the Belarus tactical group, was deported from Belarus.[10]
The page of the tactical group "Belarus" on Facebook and "VKontakte" is banned in Belarus.[11]
Losses and commemoration[edit]
On March 28, 2016, a Monument to the Belarusians who died for Ukraine was unveiled in Kyiv. It lists the names of Mykhailo Zhyznevsky, who died during the Euromaidan events, as well as Ales Cherkashin and Vitaly Tilizhenko, the dead volunteers of the Belarus tactical group.[12]
In February 2017, the exhibition "Ukrainian East" opened at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. The exposition also includes relics of fighters of the tactical group "Belarus" as a white-red-white flag, a bulletproof vest of Alexander Cherkashin and a helmet of Vitaly Tilizhenko.[13]
Honors[edit]
On September 4, 2015, a number of fighters of the tactical group "Belarus", in particular fighters with the nicknames "Doc", "Belarus" and "Lion" were awarded the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate Medal "For Sacrifice and Love for Ukraine". Cherkashin and Tilizhenko received these awards posthumously.[5]
Ales Cherkashin was awarded the Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine.[6]
In October 2016, a fighter with the nickname "Zubr" received the award "For the sacrifice of the Ukrainian people."[14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Расея можа паўтарыць украінскі сцэнар у Беларусі
- ^ Тактычная група «Беларусь» аб'яднае беларускіх дабраахвотнікаў ва Украіне
- ^ Участь в АТО візьме добровольчий загін білорусів «Пагоня»
- ^ a b "Ян Мелнікау: Без вільної України не буде вільної Білорусі". Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ a b БІЛОРУСЬКІ ДОБРОВОЛЬЧІ ФОРМУВАННЯ У ХОДІ БОЙОВИХ ДІЙ НА СХОДІ УКРАЇНИ У 2014-2016 рр. (НА МАТЕРІАЛАХ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО МУЗЕЮ ІСТОРІЇ УКРАЇНИ)
- ^ a b Черкашин Олександр Миколайович
- ^ a b "Білоруських добровольців АТО взяли до елітної частини української армії". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ Беларускія добраахвотнікі на Данбасе будуць вучыцца ў амерыканцаў
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Бійця тактичної групи "Білорусь", Аліну Фортуну - депортували з території сусідньої Білорусі
- ^ Кніга памочніка Чэрчыля, манета Трэцяга Рэйху, украінскі магніцік і «Урок беларускай мовы». Што лічыцца экстрэмізмам у Беларусі?
- ^ У Києві відкрили пам'ятник білорусам, загиблим на Майдані та в АТО
- ^ У Нацыянальным музеі гісторыі Украіны паказваюць беларускія рэліквіі. Фота
- ^ Байца з тактычнай групы «Беларусь» узнагародзілі медалём «Брат за брата»