Belarusian Volunteer Corps
{{Short description|Ukrainian Interior Ministry special unit}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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{{native name|uk|Білоруський добровольчий корпус}}
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995).svg}} Belarusian opposition
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- 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions{{cite news|url=https://euroradio.fm/zdaecca-u-belgaradskay-voblasci-pabyvali-belaruskiya-dobraakhvotniki|title=Здаецца, у Белгарадскай вобласці пабывалі беларускія добраахвотнікі|publisher=European Radio for Belarus|date=3 June 2023|language=be|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617121316/https://euroradio.fm/zdaecca-u-belgaradskay-voblasci-pabyvali-belaruskiya-dobraakhvotniki|archive-date=June 17, 2023}}
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
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The Belarusian Volunteer Corps ({{langx|be|Беларускі добраахвотніцкі корпус}}) is a military formation of Belarusian volunteers working as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, formed in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
History
On December 25, 2022, Belarusian volunteers Ihor "Yanki" Yankov, Andriy "Bezsmertnyi" Trotsevsky and Rodion "Gena" Batulin announced the creation of the Belarusian Volunteer Corps, made up of several different Belarusian units that have been fighting the Russian Army in Ukraine.{{Cite web|lang=be|url=https://euroradio.fm/va-ukraine-zyavilasya-novae-farmavanne-belaruski-dobraakhvotnicki-korpus|title=Ва Украіне з'явілася новае фармаванне — "Беларускі Добраахвотніцкі Корпус"|website=euroradio.fm|date=25 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-31}}{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://nashaniva.com/ru/306339|title=Игорь «Янки» объяснил причину создания Белорусского Добровольческого Корпуса|website=Наша Ніва|date=27 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-31}}
Previously, the leaders of the new formation were members of various volunteer units. Thus, "Yanki" gathered the commander of the Belarusian unit in the Ukrainian volunteer battalion "Brotherhood", the machine gunner of the Ukrainian group "Tradition and Order", the commander of the international battalion "Titan". Before the start of the full-scale war, Rodion Batulin was known as one of the closest associates of Serhii "Botsman" Korotkyh, later he became a representative of the "Terror" battalion. This formation split from the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment in the summer of 2022 and operated as an independent unit before joining the Belarusian Volunteer Corps.{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://reform.by/igor-janki-andrej-bessmertnyj-i-rodion-gena-sozdali-belaruski-dobraahvotnicki-korpus|title=Игорь "Янки", Андрей «Бессмертный» и Родион "Гена" создали "Беларускі Добраахвотніцкі Корпус"|author=REFORM.by|website=REFORM.by|date=2022-12-25|access-date=2022-12-31}}{{cite web|url=https://cont.ws/@topwar/2449263|title= Воюющие на стороне Киева белорусские националисты объявили о создании нового военного формирования «Белорусский Добровольческий корпус»|author=|date=2022-12-26|publisher=cont.ws|accessdate=|lang=ru}}
The unit took part in the 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions through the Terror Battalion alongside the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Polish Volunteer Corps. The unit took part in the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, fighting along the Donetsk front where the unit has suffered at least one fatality.{{cite web |title=Belarusian volunteer killed at contact zone |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/6/7414432/ |website=Ukrainska Pravda |access-date=10 October 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Belarusian Volunteers Died In Ukraine |url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2023/10/3/566277/ |website=charter97 |access-date=10 October 2023 |language=en}}
In December 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus designated the unit as an extremist group.{{cite web|url=https://pozirk.online/ru/news/55461|title=МВД признало "экстремистским формированием" Белорусский добровольческий корпус|date=December 14, 2023|language=ru}}
See also
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Category:2022 establishments in Ukraine
Category:Belarusian armies in exile
Category:Military units and formations established in 2022
Category:Belarus in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Category:Regiments of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine