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Tactical group "Belarus"

Tactical Group "Belarus" is a group of volunteers from Belarus who were involved in the Russo-Ukrainian War's Donbas theater. They fought on the side of Ukraine, first as part of the Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, and later as part of various formations of the Ukrainian volunteer battalions and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Belarusian volunteers had been involved in the war in the Donbas since the beginning of hostilities in the spring of 2014. In the same year, a group of Belarusian volunteers created a detachment called the Pahonia Detachment. This group had 50 members by July 2014, 15 of whom had been in the conflict prior to Pahonia's formation. Belarusian volunteers took part in the Battle of Avdiivka in 2014.

Pahonia detachment was disbanded in 2016. This group should not be confused with the Pahonia Regiment which was formed as a special purpose regiment after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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. Its fighters fought in the battles at Butivka mine, Pisky, Volnovakha, and Marinka.

In mid-August 2015, near Volnovakha, the group fought a battle in which two volunteers, Vitaliy Tilizhenko and Ales Cherkashin, were killed.

On March 9, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Tactical group "Belarus" announced in its social networks that the Kastus Kalinouski Battalion had been formed, which was later transformed into a regiment.

The total number of soldiers who served in the formation is unknown. There was a large influx of Belarusian volunteers in the initial stages of the war, possibly numbering more than 300[citation needed]. In early 2022, just prior to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the group had dwindled to about 40 members. The invasion triggered a new wave of volunteers. With 200 new volunteers showing up in 3 days and another 300 on the way, it became necessary to reorganize the group into the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion on March 5, 2022.

Notable members of the group includes ex-political prisoner Eduard Lobau, Belarusian opposition activist Yan Melnikov, as well as fighters with the nicknames "Warrior", "Bison" and "Tour".

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