Terror Battalion
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The Terror Battalion (Belarusian: Батальён Тэрор, romanized: Batalijon Teror; Ukrainian: Батальйон «Терор», romanized: Batalijon "Teror") is a military formation of Belarusian volunteers (formerly a company) fighting in the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Ukrainian side. The unit was named after a Belarusian soldier who died during the defense of Irpin, and was created in 2022.
History
Zmitser (Dmytro) Apanasovych (in Belarusian: Зьміцер Мар'янавіч Апанасовiч) was a soldier of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Kastus Kalinovsky who went by the call sign "Terror": he died on March 24, 2022, from a combat wound near the city of Irpin.[2][3] In his honor, a new unit was formed, and its creation was announced in July 2022.[4] In August of that year, the unit was separated from the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment and became independent.
In September 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus recognized the Internet groups of the battalion and other Belarusian military formations in Ukraine as extremist formations;[5] creating and participating in an extremist organization is a criminal offense under Belarusian law.[6]
On November 14, 2022, one of the soldiers of the battalion received an award from
On December 27, 2022, the battalion announced its entry into the Belarusian Volunteer Corps as one of its main units.[8]
Combat operations
Since April 2022, the battalion participated in military operations in the south of Ukraine, in particular during the
As part of the
See also
- International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine
- Pahonia Regiment
- Tactical group "Belarus"
References
- ^ "Здаецца, у Белгарадскай вобласці пабывалі беларускія добраахвотнікі" (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. 3 June 2023. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Как погиб доброволец Дмитрий Апанасович? Рассказывают его соратники". Наша Ніва (in Russian). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Доброволец Сергей Беспалов - о белорусском батальоне Кастуся Калиновского". ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ (in Russian). 20 April 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Полк Каліноўскага фармуе трэці батальён - Беларуская Служба - polskieradio.pl". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "МВД признало экстремистскими формированиями ресурсы Полка Калиновского, телеграм-каналы "Движ" и "Баста!"". REFORM.by. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Интерпол отказался разыскивать Светлану Тихановскую; Путин и Лукашенко утвердили союзные программы. Главное в Беларуси за неделю". BBC Росія (in Russian). 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Еўрарадыё | Еврорадио". Telegram. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Батальён Тэрор". Telegram. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
External links
- Media related to Belarusian Volunteer Corps at Wikimedia Commons