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</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">International Brigade "Pyatnashka"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Интернациональная Бригада «Пятнашка»<br>Жәларбжьаратәи абригада "Пиатнашка"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">2014–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Donetsk_People's_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> (2015–2022)<br><span class="flagicon nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (2022–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Donetsk_People's_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic"></a></span></span> <a href="DPR_People's_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="DPR People's Militia">DPR People's Militia</a> <span class="nowrap">(2015–2022)</span><br><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a> (2022–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Battalion" title="Battalion">Battalion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <a href="Redut#Fall_of_Wagner" title="Redut">Volunteer Corps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">The Fifteen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">

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<ul><li><a href="Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a>

<ul><li><a href="War_in_Donbas" title="War in Donbas">War in Donbas</a>

<ul><li><a href="First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">First Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Ilovaisk" title="Battle of Ilovaisk">Battle of Ilovaisk</a></li>

<li><a href="Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">Second Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Marinka_(2015)" title="Battle of Marinka (2015)">Battle of Marinka</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Invasion of Ukraine</a>

<ul><li><a href="Battle_of_Marinka_(2022%E2%80%932023)" title="Battle of Marinka (2022–2023)">Battle of Marinka</a></li>

<li><a href="2023_Ukrainian_counteroffensive" title="2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive">2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2023%E2%80%932024)" title="Battle of Avdiivka (2023–2024)">Battle of Avdiivka</a></li>

<li><a href="Pokrovsk_offensive" title="Pokrovsk offensive">Pokrovsk offensive</a></li>

<li><a href="2024_Kursk_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Kursk offensive">2024 Kursk offensive</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br>commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Akhra Avidzba</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Flag</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>Pyatnashka International Brigade</b>, or simply the <b>Pyatnashka</b>, is a military unit of the Russian <a href="Redut" title="Redut">Volunteer Assault Corps</a>. Until 1 January 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed <a href="Donetsk_People's_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> (DPR). It is attached to the <a href="Redut#Fall_of_Wagner" title="Redut">Volunteer Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It mainly consists of international volunteers. The brigade is led by Akhra Avidzba, an officer of <a href="Abkhazians" title="Abkhazians">Abkhaz</a> origin.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_in_Donbas">War in Donbas</h3></div>

<p>The battalion was formed in the summer of 2014. It was nicknamed "The Fifteen" in reference to the unit's original strength of 15 soldiers. The battalion would take part in the multiple battles of the <a href="War_in_Donbas" title="War in Donbas">War in Donbas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>It began as a unit for the <a href="110th_Separate_Guards_Motorized_Rifle_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="110th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade">Republican Guard of the DPR</a>, it is named after the first 15 volunteers in Donetsk, which included its leader Akhra Avidzba, a veteran of the <a href="Abkhaz-Georgian_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Abkhaz-Georgian conflict">Abkhazian conflict</a>. The Pyatnashka battalion defended a checkpoint in Staronavtiv street just south of the <a href="Donetsk_International_Airport" title="Donetsk International Airport">Donetsk International Airport</a>, where <a href="Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Battle of Donetsk Airport (disambiguation)">heavy fighting</a> was ongoing.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</h3></div>

<p>The battalion fought against the <a href="2023_Ukrainian_counteroffensive" title="2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive">2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion was heavily involved in the <a href="Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2023%E2%80%932024)" title="Battle of Avdiivka (2023–2024)">Battle of Avdiivka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In May 2023, Akhra Avidzba announced the recruitment of volunteers for the newly created Savage Division of Donbas, the core of which is the Pyatnashka. The name of the division refers to the Russian <a href="Caucasian_Native_Cavalry_Division" title="Caucasian Native Cavalry Division">formation</a> from World War I, whose members were mostly recruited from the Caucasus.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Akhra, the division was created in order "not to limit people" to a single Pyatnashka unit.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In August 2024, the unit was transferred from the <a href="Pokrovsk_offensive" title="Pokrovsk offensive">Pokrovsk axis</a> in Donetsk Oblast to Kursk Oblast along with the <a href="810th_Guards_Naval_Infantry_Brigade" title="810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade">810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade</a> in order to aid in defending against the <a href="August_2024_Kursk_Oblast_incursion" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion">Ukrainian incursion into Kursk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_fighters">Foreign fighters</h2></div>

<p>The brigade has international volunteers of many different nationalities. The presence of British, Chinese, French, Japanese, and Serbian fighters have been confirmed over different periods of time.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In March 2024, it was reported that the battalion had accepted Chinese volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On August 24, 2024, the brigade announced that they have recruited Indonesians to its ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2></div>

<p>Pyatnashka has connections to the <a href="Communist_Party_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Communist Party of the Russian Federation">Communist Party of the Russian Federation</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and follows a <a href="Marxist-Leninist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist-Leninist">Marxist-Leninist</a> ideology.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Units">Units</h3></div>

<ul><li>"<a href="Night_Wolves" title="Night Wolves">Night Wolves</a>" drone detachment<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>"Kurskiye Vityaz" Assault Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Special Purpose Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

<ul><li><a href="Arbat_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbat Battalion">Arbat Battalion</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li>Part of the <a href="Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a></li>

<li>Followed by the <a href="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br>topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Aircraft losses</a></li>

<li><a href="Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">Humanitarian situation</a></li>

<li><a href="International_reactions_to_the_war_in_Donbas" title="International reactions to the war in Donbas">International reactions</a></li>

<li><a href="International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctions</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_people_and_organizations_sanctioned_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctioned people</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="OSCE_Special_Monitoring_Mission_to_Ukraine" title="OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine">OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Trilateral_Contact_Group_on_Ukraine" title="Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine">Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Civil_volunteer_movement_helping_Ukrainian_forces_in_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbas">Civil volunteer movement</a></li>

<li><a href="Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)" title="Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)">Little green men</a></li>

<li><a href="Joint_Forces_Operation_(Ukraine)" title="Joint Forces Operation (Ukraine)">Joint Forces Operation</a></li>

<li><a href="Civil%E2%80%93military_administrations_(Ukraine)" title="Civil–military administrations (Ukraine)">Civil–military administrations</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Capture_of_Donetsk_(2014)" title="Capture of Donetsk (2014)">Donetsk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Artemivsk" title="Battle of Artemivsk">Artemivsk</a></li>

<li><a href="Siege_of_Sloviansk" title="Siege of Sloviansk">Sloviansk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Kramatorsk" title="Battle of Kramatorsk">Kramatorsk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Mariupol_(May%E2%80%93June_2014)" title="Battle of Mariupol (May–June 2014)">1st Mariupol</a></li>

<li><a href="Battles_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2014)" title="Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)">Sievierodonetsk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battles_for_Karlivka" title="Battles for Karlivka">Karlivka</a></li>

<li><a href="First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">1st Donetsk Airport</a></li>

<li><a href="Siege_of_the_Luhansk_border_base" title="Siege of the Luhansk border base">Luhansk border base</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Krasnyi_Lyman" title="Battle of Krasnyi Lyman">Krasnyi Lyman</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_in_Shakhtarsk_Raion" title="Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion">Shakhtarsk Raion</a></li>

<li><a href="Raid_of_the_95th_Brigade" title="Raid of the 95th Brigade">95th Brigade raid</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Horlivka" title="Battle of Horlivka">Horlivka</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Yasynuvata" title="Battle of Yasynuvata">Yasynuvata</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Ilovaisk" title="Battle of Ilovaisk">Ilovaisk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Novoazovsk" title="Battle of Novoazovsk">Novoazovsk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Mariupol_(September_2014)" title="Battle of Mariupol (September 2014)">2nd Mariupol</a></li>

<li><a href="Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">2nd Donetsk Airport</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Debaltseve" title="Battle of Debaltseve">Debaltseve</a></li>

<li><a href="Shyrokyne_standoff" title="Shyrokyne standoff">Shyrokyne</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Marinka_(2015)" title="Battle of Marinka (2015)">Marinka</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Svitlodarsk" title="Battle of Svitlodarsk">Svitlodarsk</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2017)" title="Battle of Avdiivka (2017)">Avdiivka</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airstrikes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Ilyushin_Il-76_shootdown" title="2014 Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shootdown">Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown</a></li>

<li><a href="2014_Russian_cross-border_shelling_of_Ukraine" title="2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine">2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Zelenopillia_rocket_attack" title="Zelenopillia rocket attack">Zelenopillia strike</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civilian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Shelling_of_Donetsk%2C_Rostov_Oblast" title="Shelling of Donetsk, Rostov Oblast">Shelling of Donetsk, Rostov Oblast</a></li>

<li><a href="Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">MH17 shoot-down</a>

<ul><li><a href="International_reactions_to_the_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17_shootdown" title="International reactions to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown">reactions</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Novosvitlivka_refugee_convoy_attack" title="Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack">Novosvitlivka convoy strike</a></li>

<li><a href="Volnovakha_bus_attack" title="Volnovakha bus attack">Volnovakha bus attack</a></li>

<li><a href="January_2015_Mariupol_rocket_attack" title="January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack">Mariupol rocket attack</a></li>

<li><a href="February_2015_Kramatorsk_rocket_attack" title="February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack">Kramatorsk rocket attack</a></li>

<li><a href="2015_Kharkiv_bombing" title="2015 Kharkiv bombing">Kharkiv bombing</a></li>

<li><a href="Stanytsia_Luhanska_kindergarten_bombing" title="Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing">Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reactions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ukrainian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="No_to_capitulation!" title="No to capitulation!">No to capitulation!</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(Pro-) Russian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">Pro-Russian unrest</a></li>

<li><a href="2014_Donbas_status_referendums" title="2014 Donbas status referendums">Donbas referendums</a></li>

<li><a href="2014_Donbas_general_elections" title="2014 Donbas general elections">2014 Donbas elections</a></li>

<li><a href="2018_Donbas_general_elections" title="2018 Donbas general elections">2018 Donbas elections</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2166" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166">UNSC Resolution 2166</a></li>

<li><a href="2014_Wales_summit" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Wales summit">NATO summit in Wales</a></li>

<li><a href="Minsk_agreements#Minsk_Protocol" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk Protocol</a></li>

<li><a href="2014_G20_Brisbane_summit" title="2014 G20 Brisbane summit">2014 G20 Brisbane summit</a></li>

<li><a href="Minsk_agreements#Minsk_II,_February_2015" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk II agreement</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Self-proclaimed<br>states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Donetsk_People's_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li>

<li><a href="Luhansk_People's_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li>

<li><a href="Novorossiya" title="Novorossiya">Novorossiya</a> (May 2014 – May 2015)

<ul><li><a href="International_recognition_of_the_Donetsk_People's_Republic_and_the_Luhansk_People's_Republic" title="International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic">International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(Pro-)<br>Russian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a></li>

<li><a href="Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_separatist_forces_in_Ukraine" title="Russian separatist forces in Ukraine">Separatist forces</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_equipment_used_by_Russian_people's_militias_in_Ukraine" title="List of equipment used by Russian people's militias in Ukraine">List of equipment</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_separatist_forces_in_Ukraine" title="Russian separatist forces in Ukraine">Army of the South-East</a></li>

<li><a href="110th_Separate_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Brigade" title="110th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade">DPR Republican Guard</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_Orthodox_Army" title="Russian Orthodox Army">Russian Orthodox Army</a></li>

<li><a href="114th_Separate_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Brigade" title="114th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade">Vostok Battalion</a></li>

<li><a href="14th_Separate_Guards_Artillery_Brigade" title="14th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade">Kalmius Brigade</a></li>

<li><a href="Odessa_Brigade" title="Odessa Brigade">Odessa Brigade</a></li>

<li><a href="Sparta_Battalion" title="Sparta Battalion">Sparta Battalion</a></li>

<li><a href="60th_Separate_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Battalion" title="60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion">Somalia Battalion</a></li>

<li><a href="Prizrak_Brigade" title="Prizrak Brigade">Prizrak Brigade</a></li>

<li><a href="Tsar's_Wolves" title="Tsar's Wolves">Tsar's Wolves</a></li>

<li><a href="Interbrigades" title="Interbrigades">Interbrigades</a></li>

<li><a href="Rusich_Group" title="Rusich Group">Rusich Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Redut" title="Redut">Redut</a>

<ul><li><a href="Union_of_Donbass_Volunteers" title="Union of Donbass Volunteers">Union of Donbass Volunteers</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>Political parties and movements

<ul><li><a href="Donetsk_Republic_(movement)" title="Donetsk Republic (movement)">Donetsk Republic</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Russia_Party" title="New Russia Party">New Russia Party</a></li>

<li><a href="Communist_Party_of_the_Donetsk_People's_Republic" title="Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic">Communist Party of DPR</a></li>

<li><a href="Peace_to_Luhanshchina" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace to Luhanshchina">Peace to Luhanshchina</a></li>

<li><a href="Borotba" title="Borotba">Borotba</a></li>

<li><a href="Antifascist_Committee_of_Ukraine" title="Antifascist Committee of Ukraine">Antifascist Committee of Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Ukrainian_Choice" title="Ukrainian Choice">Ukrainian Choice</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Other_Russia_of_E._V._Limonov" title="The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov">The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov</a></li>

<li><a href="Eurasian_Youth_Union" title="Eurasian Youth Union">Eurasian Youth Union</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Night_Wolves" title="Night Wolves">Night Wolves</a></li>

<li><a href="Don_Cossacks" title="Don Cossacks">Don Cossacks</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_Research_Agency" title="Internet Research Agency">Internet Research Agency</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_Imperial_Movement" title="Russian Imperial Movement">Russian Imperial Movement</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lead figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Russian

<ul><li><a href="Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li>

<li><a href="Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a></li>

<li><a href="Vladislav_Surkov" title="Vladislav Surkov">Vladislav Surkov</a></li>

<li><a href="Sergei_Shoigu" title="Sergei Shoigu">Sergei Shoigu</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Crimean

<ul><li><a href="Sergey_Aksyonov" title="Sergey Aksyonov">Sergey Aksyonov</a></li>

<li><a href="Vladimir_Konstantinov_(politician)" title="Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)">Vladimir Konstantinov</a></li>

<li><a href="Natalia_Poklonskaya" title="Natalia Poklonskaya">Natalia Poklonskaya</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Donetsk

<ul><li><a href="Vladimir_Antyufeyev" title="Vladimir Antyufeyev">Vladimir Antyufeyev</a></li>

<li><a href="Eduard_Basurin" title="Eduard Basurin">Eduard Basurin</a></li>

<li><a href="Fyodor_Berezin" title="Fyodor Berezin">Fyodor Berezin</a></li>

<li><a href="Igor_Bezler" title="Igor Bezler">Igor Bezler</a></li>

<li><a href="Alexander_Borodai" title="Alexander Borodai">Alexander Borodai</a></li>

<li><a href="Mikhail_Chumachenko" title="Mikhail Chumachenko">Mikhail Chumachenko</a></li>

<li><a href="Igor_Girkin" title="Igor Girkin">Igor Girkin</a></li>

<li><a href="Pavel_Gubarev" title="Pavel Gubarev">Pavel Gubarev</a></li>

<li><a href="Ekaterina_Gubareva" title="Ekaterina Gubareva">Ekaterina Gubareva</a></li>

<li><a href="Igor_Khakimzyanov" title="Igor Khakimzyanov">Igor Khakimzyanov</a></li>

<li><a href="Alexander_Khodakovsky" title="Alexander Khodakovsky">Alexander Khodakovsky</a></li>

<li><a href="Vladimir_Kononov_(Donetsk_People's_Republic)" title="Vladimir Kononov (Donetsk People's Republic)">Vladimir Kononov</a></li>

<li><a href="Arsen_Pavlov" title="Arsen Pavlov">Arsen Pavlov</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Vyacheslav_Ponomarev_(public_figure)" title="Vyacheslav Ponomarev (public figure)">Vyacheslav Ponomarev</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrei_Purgin" title="Andrei Purgin">Andrei Purgin</a></li>

<li><a href="Denis_Pushilin" title="Denis Pushilin">Denis Pushilin</a></li>

<li><a href="Mikhail_Tolstykh" title="Mikhail Tolstykh">Mikhail Tolstykh</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Alexander_Zakharchenko" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Alexander Zakharchenko</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Sergei_Zhurikov" title="Sergei Zhurikov">Sergei Zhurikov</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Luhansk

<ul><li><a href="Alexander_Bednov" title="Alexander Bednov">Alexander Bednov</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Valery_Bolotov" title="Valery Bolotov">Valery Bolotov</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Aleksey_Karyakin" title="Aleksey Karyakin">Aleksey Karyakin</a></li>

<li><a href="Aleksandr_Kharitonov_(politician)" title="Aleksandr Kharitonov (politician)">Aleksandr Kharitonov</a></li>

<li><a href="Arsen_Klinchaev" title="Arsen Klinchaev">Arsen Klinchaev</a></li>

<li><a href="Sergey_Kozlov_(politician)" title="Sergey Kozlov (politician)">Sergey Kozlov</a></li>

<li><a href="Aleksey_Mozgovoy" title="Aleksey Mozgovoy">Aleksey Mozgovoy</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Leonid_Pasechnik" title="Leonid Pasechnik">Leonid Pasechnik</a></li>

<li><a href="Igor_Plotnitsky" title="Igor Plotnitsky">Igor Plotnitsky</a></li>

<li><a href="Gennadiy_Tsypkalov" title="Gennadiy Tsypkalov">Gennadiy Tsypkalov</a>†</li></ul></li>

<li>Kharkiv

<ul><li><a href="Yevhen_Zhylin" title="Yevhen Zhylin">Yevhen Zhylin</a>†</li></ul></li>

<li>Others

<ul><li><a href="Aleksandr_Dugin" title="Aleksandr Dugin">Aleksandr Dugin</a></li>

<li><a href="Nelya_Shtepa" title="Nelya Shtepa">Nelya Shtepa</a></li>

<li><a href="Oleg_Tsaryov" title="Oleg Tsaryov">Oleg Tsaryov</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ukrainian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Government of Ukraine

<ul><li><a href="First_Yatsenyuk_government" title="First Yatsenyuk government">1st Yatsenyuk</a></li>

<li><a href="Second_Yatsenyuk_Government" title="Second Yatsenyuk Government">2nd Yatsenyuk</a></li>

<li><a href="Groysman_Government" title="Groysman Government">Groysman</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)">Ministry of Internal Affairs</a>

<ul><li><a href="National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard</a>

<li><a href="Donbas_Battalion" title="Donbas Battalion">Donbas</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Special_Police_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Police Forces (Ukraine)">Patrol Police</a>

<ul><li><a href="Dnipro-1_Regiment" title="Dnipro-1 Regiment">Dnipro-1</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Armed Forces of Ukraine">Armed Forces of Ukraine</a>

<ul><li><a href="Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a>

<ul><li><a href="Ukrainian_territorial_defence_battalions" title="Ukrainian territorial defence battalions">Territorial defense battalions</a>

<ul><li><a href="Aidar_Battalion" title="Aidar Battalion">Aidar</a></li>

<li><a href="39th_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="39th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">Dnipro-2</a></li>

<li><a href="40th_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="40th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">Kryvbas</a></li>

<li><a href="42nd_Motorized_Infantry_Battalion_(Ukraine)" title="42nd Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)">Rukh Oporu</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Ukrainian Air Force</a></li>

<li><a href="Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Ukrainian Air Assault Forces</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Security_Service_of_Ukraine" title="Security Service of Ukraine">Security Service of Ukraine</a>

<ul><li><a href="Alpha_Group_(Ukraine)" title="Alpha Group (Ukraine)">Alpha Group</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Euromaidan_Press" title="Euromaidan Press">Euromaidan Press</a></li>

<li><a href="State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine" title="State Border Guard Service of Ukraine">State Border Guard Service of Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Ukrainian_volunteer_battalions" title="Ukrainian volunteer battalions">Volunteer battalions</a>

<ul><li><a href="Right_Sector" title="Right Sector">Right Sector</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko">Petro Poroshenko</a></li>

<li><a href="Oleksandr_Turchynov" title="Oleksandr Turchynov">Oleksandr Turchynov</a></li>

<li><a href="Arseniy_Yatsenyuk" title="Arseniy Yatsenyuk">Arseniy Yatsenyuk</a></li>

<li><a href="Volodymyr_Groysman" title="Volodymyr Groysman">Volodymyr Groysman</a></li>

<li><a href="Andriy_Parubiy" title="Andriy Parubiy">Andriy Parubiy</a></li>

<li><a href="Arsen_Avakov" title="Arsen Avakov">Arsen Avakov</a></li>

<li><a href="Vitali_Klitschko" title="Vitali Klitschko">Vitali Klitschko</a></li>

<li><a href="Oleh_Tyahnybok" title="Oleh Tyahnybok">Oleh Tyahnybok</a></li>

<li><a href="Yuriy_Lutsenko" title="Yuriy Lutsenko">Yuriy Lutsenko</a></li>

<li><a href="Valentyn_Nalyvaichenko" title="Valentyn Nalyvaichenko">Valentyn Nalyvaichenko</a></li>

<li><a href="Valeriy_Heletey" title="Valeriy Heletey">Valeriy Heletey</a></li>

<li><a href="Stepan_Poltorak" title="Stepan Poltorak">Stepan Poltorak</a></li>

<li><a href="Mykhailo_Koval" title="Mykhailo Koval">Mykhailo Koval</a></li>

<li><a href="Mykhailo_Kutsyn" title="Mykhailo Kutsyn">Mykhailo Kutsyn</a></li>

<li><a href="Oleh_Makhnitskyi" title="Oleh Makhnitskyi">Oleh Makhnitskyi</a></li>

<li><a href="Viktor_Muzhenko" title="Viktor Muzhenko">Viktor Muzhenko</a></li>

<li><a href="Vitaly_Yarema" title="Vitaly Yarema">Vitaly Yarema</a></li>

<li><a href="Oleh_Liashko" title="Oleh Liashko">Oleh Liashko</a></li>

<li><a href="Dmytro_Yarosh" title="Dmytro Yarosh">Dmytro Yarosh</a></li>

<li><a href="Rinat_Akhmetov" title="Rinat Akhmetov">Rinat Akhmetov</a></li>

<li><a href="Ihor_Kolomoyskyi" title="Ihor Kolomoyskyi">Ihor Kolomoyskyi</a></li>

<li><a href="Serhiy_Taruta" title="Serhiy Taruta">Serhiy Taruta</a></li>

<li><a href="Ihor_Baluta" title="Ihor Baluta">Ihor Baluta</a></li>

<li><a href="Semen_Semenchenko" title="Semen Semenchenko">Semen Semenchenko</a></li>

<li><a href="Hennadiy_Moskal" title="Hennadiy Moskal">Hennadiy Moskal</a></li>

<li><a href="Nadiya_Savchenko" title="Nadiya Savchenko">Nadiya Savchenko</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Tuka" title="George Tuka">George Tuka</a></li>

<li><a href="Pavlo_Zhebrivskyi" title="Pavlo Zhebrivskyi">Pavlo Zhebrivskyi</a></li></ul>

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