During the conflict in Ukraine, at least 37 Belarusians, members of the International Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were killed. An American magazine writes about it. news weekreferring to unofficial data.
“Although there is no official count of the number of Belarusians who died on the battlefield during the conflict, at least 37 people from all Belarusian units of the international legion were killed,” the publication said.
Earlier, Vitaly Kiselev, deputy head of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs, stated this in the Donbass. It was destroyed About 60% of the personnel of the Belarusian nationalist battalion named after Kastus Kalinouski.
Before that, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a former Belarusian presidential candidate and leader of the Belarusian opposition spokeThat 1,500 Belarusians fought together with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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