Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment

[14] According to its own statements, the battalion is not incorporated into the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine in order to preserve greater autonomy.

[15] The unit is named after the Belarusian and Polish national hero Kastuś Kalinoŭski, who was a leader of the January Uprising in 1863 against the Russian Empire in Belarus and Lithuania.

[19] The following year, the tactical group "Belarus" was formed uniting Belarusian volunteers fighting in different battalions.

[24] On 13 March, the deputy commander of the battalion, nicknamed "Tur" (real name Aliaksiej Skoblia), was confirmed killed in the Kyiv offensive when his unit was ambushed.

[29] On 29 March, the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion volunteers fought alongside Ukrainian soldiers to recapture Irpin.

[34] On 17 June, it was announced that volunteers of the Regiment received state Ukrainian decorations "For Battle Merit" and "Ukraine Above All".

[17] In September 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus recognized the Internet resources of the regiment as an extremist group.

[39][40] Later that day, in a joint statement with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the regiment urged the Belarusian population to "wait for the signal" for the commencement of an operation to liberate Belarus.

Fight to victory for Your freedom, as our ancestors fought against the Ordinian oppression of the Muscovites near Orsha, Smolensk, Polonka.

In the ranks of free brothers and in captivity, in the homeland and in exile, in battle and in the underground, let my hands grip the weapons until the gallows finish squeezing the necks of Your sons.

Live forever!The battalion has been featured on public posters in Kyiv to illustrate Ukrainian-Belarusian military ties.

[47] The creation of the battalion was endorsed by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who noted that "more and more people from Belarus join to help Ukrainians defend their country".

[52] In August 2022, Ivonka Survila, Chairman of the Council of the BNR, expressed his support for the regiment after speaking to members in Kolin.

[61] On 8 September, the council of the BNR gave awards to fourteen Belarusian volunteers, including members of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment.

Kalinowski Regiment members, among them Dzyanis Urbanowicz [ be ] , pose for a picture on 8 March 2022.
Members of the regiment training
White-red-white flag with Columns of Gediminas in the form of a trident of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine , which is also used by the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment [ 48 ] [ 49 ]