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 Belarusian volunteers during the Russian-Ukrainian War During the
Russo-Ukrainian War Belarusian volunteers fought alongside Ukraine. The first foreign volunteer group in Ukraine was the Pahonia detachment, founded in 2014 during the
war in Donbas. The following year, the
tactical group "Belarus" was formed uniting Belarusian volunteers fighting in different battalions The
Monument to the Belarusians who died for Ukraine in
Kyiv is dedicated to the Belarusian volunteers who died during the Russian-Ukrainian War. On March 9, 2022, the creation of the
Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion was announced which was later transformed into a regiment. 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. In June 2023,
Valery Sakhashchyk, then defence minister of the
United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus (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", part of the
79th Air Assault Brigade. The Belarusian assault company was located in the Donetsk direction. 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. The unit consists mainly of Belarusians. == Location and number ==