Dagestan President Sergei Melikov said that a volunteer “Caspian” battalion was established in the region. He wrote about this: telegram channel.
According to him, the “Caspian” volunteer battalion is being formed with the initiative of some public associations in the region.
Melikov believes that this is a very important, noble and symbolic initiative.
“Dagestanis show themselves at their best, some heroically join the Northern Military District, others help the common cause by collecting and sending tons of humanitarian aid.”
Before that, deputy commander of the Volunteer Assault Corps Nikolai Dyakonov statedBy the decision of the high command, the Cossack reconnaissance and assault brigade “Sibir” was created. According to him, the brigade will include three more detachments named after Kazakh Siberian rivers.
Dyakonov noted that the brigade is currently deployed on the territory of the LPR, and some of its units are also on the territory of the DPR, in the direct line of combat contact. Hero of Russia Oleg Likontsev, who currently holds the post of deputy commander of the Siberian brigade, was appointed commander of the Siberian detachment.
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