Belarusians in Ukraine

Unlike many other ethnic groups, Belarusians do not have any particular concentration in the country, but spread out relatively evenly across all regions.

[6] On March 30, 2022, the beginning of the formation of another Belarusian unit, the Pahonia Regiment was announced which was part of the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine.

[7] In June 2023, Valery Sakhashchyk, then defence minister of the Belarusian United Transitional Cabinet (a government-in-exile opposed to the de facto government of Alexander Lukashenko) informed about the creation of the 1st separate air assault company "Belarus", which is part of the 79th Air Assault Brigade.

[9] During the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion, volunteers of the TUR tank unit of the 225th Independent Assault Battalion also took part in the operation.

Lviv has been an important center of Belarusian social and cultural life during the Russian Empire and interwar Poland.

White-red-white flag with Columns of Hiedymin in the form of a trident [and the Columns of Gediminas used in early Lithuania] of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine, which is also used by the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment [ 1 ] [ 2 ]