{"id":42556,"date":"2022-06-13T13:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T10:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/interior-ministry-says-some-200-belarusians-are-fighting-in-ukraine-against-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"interior-ministry-says-some-200-belarusians-are-fighting-in-ukraine-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/42556\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry says some 200 Belarusians are fighting in Ukraine against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 13, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>About 200 Belarusians are fighting in Ukraine against Russia, Hienad\u017a Kazakievi\u010d, deputy interior minister and the head of the Belarusian criminal police, told the interior ministry&#8217;s official newspaper <span>Na Strazhe<\/span>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t He described most of them as soccer ultras and participants of the 2020 post-election protests who fled the country from criminal prosecution.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Kazakievi\u010d added that over the past year police arrested several dozen young men under 30 for planning to fight in Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In late May, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against some Belarusian volunteer fighters of the Kastus&#8217; Kalino\u016dski regiment on charges of participation in an armed conflict in a foreign country. The penalty carries up to five years in prison. Belarusian police said at the time that they had identified 50 members.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Originally formed as a battalion in early March 2022, the Kalino\u016dski regiment now consists of two battalions, Li\u0107vin and Vo\u0142at. It joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces on March 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 13, BPN. About 200 Belarusians are fighting in Ukraine against Russia, Hienad\u017a Kazakievi\u010d, deputy interior minister and the head of the Belarusian criminal police, told the interior ministry&#8217;s official newspaper Na Strazhe. 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