“Russia has added the Belarusian regiment named after Kastus Kalynovsky, which supports Ukraine in the war, to the list of organizations involved in extremist activities or terrorism, the Pozirk news agency reports. The regiment was created in 2022”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The information was published on the website of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), the Pozirk news agency reported on October 23.
It is noted that the regiment is included in the list “with its structural units”.
The Kastus Kalynovsky Battalion was created on March 9, 2022, shortly after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. On March 26 of the same year, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and on May 21, 2022, it was announced that he would become a regiment. The Belarusian authorities first recognized the regiment as an “extremist formation” and then as a “terrorist organization.”