Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
The Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment (also known as simply Połk Kalinoŭskaha or the Kalinoŭski Regiment), formerly the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion until May 2022 is a group of Belarusian opposition volunteers, which was formed to defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion in 2022.
| Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment | |
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| Полк Кастуся Калиновського Полк Кастуся Каліноўскага | |
| Active | March 2022 – present |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Type | Foreign volunteer regiment |
| Role | Territorial defence |
| Size | 300 |
| Part of | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Patron | Konstanty Kalinowski |
| Motto(s) | "First Ukraine, then Belarus" |
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| Website | Official Website of the Regiment |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Dzianis Prokharaŭ |
| Notable commanders | Vadzim Kabanchuk (deputy commander) Aliaksiej Skoblia † (deputy commander) Ivan "Brest" Marchuk † Pavel "Volat" † (company commander) |
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As of March 2022, it was reported that more than a thousand Belarusians have applied to join the unit. 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.
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.
The regiment is confirmed to have suffered seven killed as of July 2022.