{"id":136046,"date":"2025-04-28T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kyiv-reveals-names-of-over-700-belarusians-who-fight-on-russian-side","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136046\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian intelligence: over 700 Belarusians fight alongside Russian troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kalashnikov_ostro_org_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kalashnikov_ostro_org_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kalashnikov_ostro_org_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kalashnikov_ostro_org_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kalashnikov_ostro_org_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kalashnikov_ostro_org_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(ostro.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 28, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>At least 742 Belarusian nationals fight alongside Russian troops against Ukraine and 95 of them are dead, reports the Ukrainian <a href=\"https:\/\/hochuzhit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hochuzhit.com<\/a> service that helps Russian troops safely surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two of 590 Belarusians who signed military service contracts with Russia did it in 2022 after Moscow launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Most of them, 377 or 64 percent, joined in 2024 and 211, in 2023, according to<em> Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of the Ukrainian data. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian society is exposed to Russian propaganda that denigrates Ukrainians, the report stressed, noting that criminal charges punishing mercenarism in Belarus do not scare off those who decide to join Moscow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a single person was persecuted by Minsk for fighting on the Russian side in contrast to Belarusian volunteers who defend Ukraine and face heavy punishments in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kabanchuk-opk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kabanchuk-opk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kabanchuk-opk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kabanchuk-opk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kabanchuk-opk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kabanchuk-opk.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition politician slams prison sentences against Kalino\u016dski fighters as revenge<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 25, Pozirk. Harsh sentences against Belarusian volunteers who fight Russia in Ukraine are &quot;revenge against those who did not break down and keep defending freedom with weapons in their hands,\u201d said Vadzim Kaban\u010duk, in charge of defense and national &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/135730\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 28, Pozirk. At least 742 Belarusian nationals fight alongside Russian troops against Ukraine and 95 of them are dead, reports the Ukrainian hochuzhit.com service that helps Russian troops safely surrender. Only two of 590 Belarusians who signed military service contracts with Russia did it in 2022 after Moscow launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 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