Tag: battalion
War in Ukraine: Petro Poroshenko, from ex-president to battalion commander
During an interview given to the French television channel BFM TV, on March 19, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, 56, could be seen dressed in a military uniform, with bulletproof…
So she became the elite unit’s first female battalion commander
full screen She is an amphibious soldier, foreign veteran and battalion commander. But it still happens that Caroline Cordshagen, 42, is met with doubts and raised eyebrows. Based on her…
“Severodonetsk was Mordor”: the chilling story of a Ukrainian battalion commander
The bearded colossus speaks in a calm and gentle voice, and envelops you with his deep gaze. After several weeks of intense and deadly fighting in the city of Severodonetsk,…
Ukraine’s Azov Battalion shot down a low-flying Russian helicopter with a missile
While Russia’s attacks against Ukraine continue, the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard continues its resistance at many points. THEY SHOOT WHEN FLYING LOW In Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporozhye region,…
on the front line, with the volunteer battalion Karpatska Sich
It’s the 103rd day of war in Ukraine, and the battle for Sievierodonetsk continues. Fighting continues in the east, in the Donbass. Yesterday, Volodymyr Zelensky went to the front line,…
In the Donbass, the Karpatska Sich battalion against the Russians on the northwestern front
In eastern Donbass, the Ukrainian army is struggling against the Russian army which is throwing all its forces against the towns of Sievierodonetsk and Lyssytchansk, and is gradually gaining ground.…
in Pokrovske, members of the Azov battalion look towards Mariupol
At the Azovstal factory in Mariupol, the last Ukrainian forces that continue to stand up to Moscow on the spot are those of the Azov regiment. Known for its neo-Nazi…
Such is the “Nazi battalion” Azov regiment, which Russia says is the cause of the war in Ukraine
A special force in the National Guard of Ukraine, the Azov Regiment, is fiercely defending the Russian-besieged city of Mariupol. For many Ukrainians, Azov’s fighters are heroes, but in Western…