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![[Azov Battalion flag]](../images/u/ua^azov.gif)
image located by
Bill Garrison, 28 February 2022See also:
Since the 2014 intervention in Ukraine by Russian forces and proxy forces
(i.e. separatists militias, mainly located in the
self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic and Donetsk People’s
Republic) and related
conflicts onwards, i.e. Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in
February 2014 and
the War on Donbass since April 2014, several military formations have
appeared.
Starting from demonstrations back in April of 2014 and even before
that (particularly in 2001 and 2009, there have been
escalating tensions almost permanently.
Now, the military conflicts in
the region, have as well seen the emergence of multiple groups, in this case the Azov Battalion (now a Regiment size
Unit), which was incorporated into the "National
Guard". Azov was a Special Task
Patrol Service of Ukraine.
Патрульна служба поліції особливого
призначення України, ПСМОП (English: Patrol Service of the Special Purpose
Police of Ukraine, PSMOP). These units were established by Law "Про
затвердження Положення про підрозділи поліції особливого призначення"
(English: On approval of the Regulations on special police units), a Bill originally sent to
Parliament on May 12, 2015, accepted on July 2, 2015, signed by the President
on August 4, 2015 and enacted on November 7, 2015, reformed on January 1,
2017.
A total of 22 of these Units came into existence:
1. "Берда"
(English: Byrd)
2. "Богдан" (English: Bogdan)
3. "Болград" (English:
Bolgrad)
4. Батальйон "Вінниця" (English: Vinnytsia Battalion)
5. Полк
"Дніпро-1" (English: Regiment "Dnipro-1")
6. Батальйон "Івано-Франківськ"
(English: Ivano-Frankivsk Battalion )
7. Полк "Київ" (English: Kyiv Regiment)
8. Рота "Кривбас" (English: Krivbas Company)
9. "Крим" (English: Crimea)
10. Батальйон "Луганськ-1" (English: Luhansk-1 Battalion)
11. Батальйон
"Львів" (English: Lviv Battalion )
12. Батальйон "Миколаїв" (English:
Mykolaiv Battalion )
13. Полк "Миротворець" (English: Peacemaker Regiment)
14. Батальйон "Полтава" (English: Poltava Battalion)
15. Рота "Світязь"
(English: Svityaz Company )
16. Рота «Святослав» (English: Svyatoslav
Company)
17. Рота "Січеслав" (English: Sicheslav Company)
18. Батальйон
"Скіф" (English: Scythian Battalion )
18. Рота "Суми" (English: Sumy Company
)
19. Рота "Східний корпус" (English: Eastern Buildings Company)
20. Рота
"Тернопіль" (English: Ternopil Company )
21. Батальйон "Харків" (English:
Kharkiv Battalion)
22. Рота "Херсон" (English: Kherson Company )
23. Рота
"Чернігів" (English: Chernihiv Company )
24. Батальйон "Шторм" (English:
Storm Battalion )
Переформовані (English: Reformed)
1. "Азов"
(English: Azov Battalion)
2. "Гарпун" (English: Harpoon)
3. "Донецьк-1" (English:
Donetsk-1)
4. "Золоті ворота" (English: Golden Gate)
5. "Каскад" (English:
Cascade)
6. "Київ-1" (English: Kyiv-1)
7. "Київ-2" (English: Kyiv-2)
8.
"Київщина" (English: Kyiv Region)
9. Рота "Кременчук" (English: Kremenchuk
Company)
10. "Мирний" (English: Peaceful) (perhaps it's the same as Полк
"Миротворець" (English: Peacemaker Regiment)
11. "Січ" (English: January)
12. "Темур" (English: Temur)
13. "Харків-1" (English: Kharkiv-1) (perhaps
it's the same as Батальйон "Харків" (English: Kharkiv Battalion)
14.
"Харків-2" (English: Kharkiv-1) (perhaps it's the same as Батальйон "Харків"
(English: Kharkiv Battalion)
Розформовані (English: disbanded)
1.
"Артемівськ" (English: Artemivsk)
2. "Донецьк-2" (English: Donetsk-2)
3.
"Полтавщина" (English: Poltava region )
4. "Свята Марія" (English: St. Mary )
5. "Слобожанщина" (English: Slobozhanschina)
6. "Торнадо" (English: Tornado)
7. "Туман" (English: Fog)
8. "Шахтарськ" (English: Shakhtar)
Source:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/
For additional information go to Azov (official website):
https://azov.org.ua/
Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
Regarding the types of military Units, these are "Патрульна служба поліції
особливого призначення України, ПСМОП (English: Patrol Service of the Special
Purpose Police of Ukraine, PSMOP), sometimes referred to as "батальйон
патрульної служби міліції особливого призначення, БПСМОП) (English: "Special
Purpose Police Patrol Battalion, BPSMOP). These units were established by Law
"Про затвердження Положення про підрозділи поліції особливого призначення"
(English: On approval of the Regulations on special police units), a Bill
originally sent to Parliament on May 12, 2015, accepted on July 2, 2015, signed
by the President on August 4, 2015 and enacted on November 7, 2015, reformed on
January 1, 2017."
The above was a clear governmental measure to create
militias/paramilitary forces in order to support the official government forces.
Now, bear in mind that a total of 22 (other sources mention 24) units in
total came into existence, with an additional 14 that were reformed (either
incorporated into already existing military Units, or established themselves as
newly created ones), and eight were disbanded, bringing the grand total to 44
(other sources mention 46) of these paramilitary units, with 37 (other sources
mention 38) incorporated later (2015 afterwards) into the Ukrainian military
forces and/or National Guard.
In this case, Azov Battalion was formally
established on May 5, 2014 as a "Добровольчі батальйони" (English: Volunteer
battalions), more formally "Добровольчі військові формування України" (English:
Voluntary military formations of Ukraine), in Berdyansk as a battalion of the
special police patrol service (BPSMOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, MIA,
on the basis of a decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On
September 17, 2014, by order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the
Azov Battalion was reorganized and expanded into the "полку міліції особливого
призначення Азов МВС" (English: "Special Police Regiment of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs Azov MIA). On November 11, 2014 the Minister of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine signed an order to transfer "полку Азов" (English: Azov
Regiment) to the National Guard of Ukraine, followed by its completion to the
combat standard of the National Guard brigades. Today, the Azov unit is formally
"загін спеціального призначення Азов" (English: Azov Special Purpose Detachment)
of the "військової частини 3057" (English: military unit 3057) of the National
Guard of Ukraine. In fact, the flags displayed at the end of this section (seen
here in which of course the Azov
Battalion flag is displayed, are located on a memorial dedicated to the
Volunteer Battalions.
Sources:
https://azov.org.ua/pro-nas/
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/
and
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki
In fact, the commemoration first as an alternate "Independence Day
Parade" (since Independence from the Soviet Union was issued on 24 August
1991, which had been up to that date the traditional independence day
parade), a separate parade was starting to be held in memory of those
volunteers who fought in the Russo-Ukrainian War of 2014-2015 (or "Війна на
сході України", English: "The war in eastern Ukraine", or "Війна на Донбасі",
English: "War in Donbass" (region), as it is known locally). This alternate
event was first celebrated on August 24, 2019 as "Марш захисників України"
(English: "March of Defenders of Ukraine") and called "Альтернативний парад"
(English: Alternative parade) and derived from the establishment of a new
national holiday, the "День українського добровольця" (English: Ukrainian
Volunteer Day) on March 14, as follows: "Since March 14, 2017, Ukraine is
marking Ukrainian Volunteer Day at the state level. On this day in 2014, the
first 500 volunteer fighters of the "Самооборона Майдану" (English: Maidan
Self-Defense (Volunteers)) arrived at the Novi Petrivtsi training ground to
form the first volunteer battalion, and from there went to the East.
Volunteers were among the first who defended the country. Together with the
Ukrainian Armed Forces, they managed to stop the Russian aggressor at the
cost of their own lives and health, to mobilize forces in the rear and to
arm the army."
Sources:
https://mva.gov.ua/en/news/14-bereznya-den-ukrayinskogo-dobrovolcya
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/
,
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki
and
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki
Esteban Rivera, 29 March 2022
![[Azov Battalion]](../images/u/ua^azov-wa).gif)
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
Image of a slightly modified ancient German rune Wolfsangel, in black, called
"Ідея Нації" (English: Idea of the Nation, IN, written in runic form either as
"ꑭ" or ꏢ). It was the Social-National Party of Ukraine's first logo from its
inception (1991) until the IX Congress Party held on February 14, 2004, when
they changed their name to All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" and also changed their
former "IN" into a hand forming a trident with its three fingers
(source:
http://www.svoboda.org.ua/pro_partiyu/istoriya)
Notice that the
Wolfsangel symbol is black instead of blue. An example of the use of both flags
at the same time (party and militia) is seen here:
https://www.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/azov1.jpg, source:
https://www.firstpost.com/world/russian-military-operation-puts-the-spotlight-on-ukraines-neo-nazis-what-you-need-to-know-about-them-10419921.html
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
![[Azov Battalion]](../images/u/ua^azov-wa.jpg)
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
A flag with a yellow background with the Wolfsangel rune logo in the middle,
in black). It is very common to see this flag among the Azov Battalion/Regiment.
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
![[Azov Battalion]](../images/u/ua^azov1).gif)
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
The logo featured on early flags and shoulder patch insignia. Image copied
from the original, located here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Emblem_of_the_Azov_Battalion.svg/800px-Emblem_of_the_Azov_Battalion.svg.png,
source:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/). This was the emblem when the military
formation was a battalion size Unit. It was used from the beginning of the
summer of 2014 to the end of the winter of 2015, more specifically from
September 17, until August 11, 2015. See
https://preview.redd.it/g9scu00r6yn81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e7d1765caef4671a9e6b54459fa30c56ffe3c7bb
for explanation (image archived here).
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
![[Azov Battalion]](../images/u/ua^azov2).gif)
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
Logo and shoulder patch insignia (image copied from the original, located
here:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki, source:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0). This was the emblem when the military
formation became a Regiment. It has been in use since the beginning of the
spring 2015.
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
Logo and shoulder patch insignia (image copied from the original, located
here:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki, source:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0). This was the emblem when the military
formation became a Regiment. It has been in use since the beginning of the
spring 2015.
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
![[Azov Battalion]](../images/u/ua^azov2.jpg)
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
Pennant with Wolfsangel logo (image cropped from the original located here:
https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2022/05/AP20074424743932-e1651659045985.jpg,
source:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/moscow-israeli-mercenaries-fighting-with-far-right-ukrainian-unit/.
Picture caption reads: "Ukrainian volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary
Azov National Corps with their flags demonstrate their strength, during
Ukrainian Volunteer Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem
Lukatsky)"
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
![[Azov Battalion]](../images/u/ua^azov2-r.jpg)
image by
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
Pennant with Wolfsangel logo, reversed) (cropped image from the original
located here:
https://es-la.facebook.com/746036608925056/photos/pcb.1209496905912355/1209495259245853/?type=3&theater,
source:
https://www.facebook.com/Sean-Eternos-los-Laureles-746036608925056/).
Esteban Rivera, 24 August 2022
Flags with such unusual shapes and various designs, looking as if borrowed
from some SF video source (movie, series or game) are frequently used by
Ukrainian ultra-rightists.
Tomislav Todorovic, 25 August 2022
There are also other groups:
"Батальйо́ни
територіа́льної оборо́ни, БТрО" (English: Territorial defence battalions,
TerrDefB): were volunteer military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the
auspices of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence in 2014–2015. They
should not be confused with the volunteer units of "Патрульна служба
особливого призначення" (English: Special Task Patrol Service of Ukraine
which were created along with territorial defense battalions, but under the
auspices of the Ministry of Interior. The battalions were
established in mid-2014, during the early stages of the war in Donbas, to
combat the pro-Russian separatists and the forces of the Donetsk People's
Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, and the United Armed Forces of
Novorossiya, the armed forces of the
(formally
called) "Федеративное Государство Новороссия" (English:
Federal State of Novorossiya ),
Новороссия (which translates as New Russia) being a proposed Confederation of
unrecognized states constituted by both, the Donetsk Republic and the Luhansk
Republic, declared on May 22, 2014 and suspended on May 20, 2015. It claims
to trace on the historical term of the Russian Empire denoting a region north
of the Black Sea (now part of Ukraine). In Ukraine the territory was better
known as Stepovyna (Steppeland) or Nyz (Lower land). 32 (although other
sources mention 43, 44 and even 46) volunteer territorial defence battalions
were formed:
1st Territorial Defence Battalion "Volyn" (Volyn Oblast)
2nd Territorial Defence Battalion "Horyn" (Rivne Oblast)
3rd Territorial
Defence Battalion "Volya" (Lviv Oblast)
4th Territorial Defence Battalion "Zakarpattia"
(Zakarpattia Oblast)
5th Territorial Defence Battalion "Prykarpattya" (Ivano-Frankivsk
Oblast, disbanded in January 2015)
6th Territorial Defence Battalion "Zbruch"
(Ternopil Oblast)
7th Territorial Defence Battalion (Khmelnytskyi Oblast)[29]
8th Territorial Defence Battalion (Chernivtsi Oblast)
9th Territorial Defence
Battalion "Vinnytsia" (Vinnytsia Oblast)
10th Territorial Defence Battalion "Polesia"
(Zhytomyr Oblast)
11th Territorial Defence Battalion "Kyivan Rus" (Kyiv
Oblast)
12th Territorial Defence Battalion "Kyiv" (Kyiv city)
13th
Territorial Defence Battalion "Chernihiv-1" (Chernihiv Oblast)
14th
Territorial Defence Battalion "Cherkasy" (Cherkasy Oblast)
15th Territorial
Defence Battalion "Sumy" (Sumy Oblast)
16th Territorial Defence Battalion
"Poltava" (Poltava Oblast)
17th Territorial Defence Battalion "Kirovohrad" (Kirovohrad
Oblast)
18th Territorial Defence Battalion "Odesa" (Odessa Oblast)
19th
Territorial Defence Battalion (Mykolaiv Oblast)
20th Territorial Defence
Battalion "Dnipro" (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
21st Territorial Defence Battalion
"Sarmat" (Kherson Oblast)
22nd Territorial Defence Battalion "Kharkiv" (Kharkiv
Oblast)
23rd Territorial Defence Battalion "Khortytsia" (Zaporizhia Oblast)
24th Territorial Defence Battalion "Aidar" (Luhansk Oblast)
25th Territorial
Defence Battalion "Kyivan Rus" (Kyiv Oblast)
34th Territorial Defence
Battalion "Batkivshchyna" (Kirovohrad Oblast)
37th Territorial Defence
Battalion (Zaporizhia Oblast)
39th Territorial Defence Battalion "Dnipro-2" (Dnipropetrovsk
Oblast)
40th Territorial Defence Battalion "Kryvbas" (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
41st Territorial Defence Battalion "Chernihiv-2" (Chernihiv Oblast)
42nd
Territorial Defence Battalion "Rukh Oporu" (Kirovohrad Oblast)
43rd
Territorial Defence Battalion "Patriot" (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
*44th was not
possible to establish due to lack of legal foundation
*45th Detached
Motorized Infantry Battalion was transformed into the 5th Air Defense Battalion,
of the Air Force
*46th Separate Assault
Battalion "Donbas" is currently part of the 2nd Battalion of Special
Assignment "Donbas", unit of the National Guard of Ukraine subordinated to
the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In autumn 2014 most of the territorial
defence battalions were reorganized as motorized infantry battalions of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sources:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_defence_battalions_(Ukraine)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novorossiya_(confederation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_defence_battalions_(Ukraine)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novorossiya
Незалежні формування (English:
Independent formations) (including four reformed independent formations):
"Аеророзвідка" (English: Aerial reconnaissance)
"Бат. ім. Джохара
Дудаєва" (English: Bat. in memoriam Dzhokhar Dudayev)
"Бат. ім. Номана
Челебіджіхана" (English: Bat. in memoriam Noman Chelebidzhikhan)
"Бат. ім.
Шейха Мансура" (English: Bat. in memoriam Sheikh Mansour)
Київський козацький
полк ім. Т. Шевченка (English: Kyiv Cossack Regiment named in memoriam T.
Shevchenko)
Підрозділ "Сармат" (English: "Sarmat" Division)
Добровольчий
український корпус (English:
Ukrainian Volunteer Corps)
"Печерськ" (English:
Pechers'k)
Загін "Погоня" (English: "Pursuit" Detachment)
"РУЯН" (English:
RUYAN)
Громадське формування "Сєвєр" (English: Public formation "North"),
formally "Громадське формування з охорони громадського порядку і державного
кордону 'Сєвєр'" (English: Public formation for the protection of public
order and the state border "North"), simply known as батальйон "Сєвєр"
(English: Battalion "North").
Тактична група «Білорусь» (English: Tactical
Group "Belarus")
Українська добровольча армія, УДА 5 ОБ (окремий батальйон )
8 ОБ (окремий батальйон) «Аратта» (English: Ukrainian Volunteer Army. UVA,
5th and 8th "Aratta" independent battalions)
"Чорний туман" (English: "Black
Fog")
"Єврейська рота" (English: Jewish company)
"Вольф" (English: Wolf)
Окремий легкопіхотний загін "Волинь" (English: Separate infantry detachment "Volyn")
Медичний батальйон "Госпітальєри" (English: Medical Battalion "Hospitallers")
Переформовані Незалежні формування (English: Reformed independent
formations)
"Грузинський національний легіон" (English:
Georgian National
Legion), which became part of the 25th Detached Motorized Infantry Battalion
"Kyivska Rus" of the Ukrainian Army which became part of
the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Cold Yar" of the Ukrainian Army
Окрема зведена
штурмова рота "Карпатська Січ" (English: Separate combined assault company
"Carpathian Sich"), first established as Окрема добровольча чота "Карпатська
Січ" (English: Separate volunteer group "Carpathian Sich"), which was a
subgroup of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion "Aidar" of the Ukrainian
Army
Холодний Яр
(бойовий загін) (English: Cold Yar (battle detachment))
Батальйон "ОУН" (English: OUN
Battalion), also known as "Зведений батальйон територіальної оборони міста
Ніжин" (English: Combined Battalion of the Territorial Defense of the City of
Nizhyn).
Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
Images:
![[Georgian National Legion flag]](../images/u/ua}gl1.jpg)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
image cropped from the original located here:
https://sprotyv.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/dobrovolcy-533x261.jpg,
source:
https://uawire.org/georgian-legion-left-the-ukrainian-armed-forces
Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
![[Georgian National Legion flag]](../images/u/ua}gl2.gif)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
image from the original located here:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki, source:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki
Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
![[Georgian National Legion flag]](../images/u/ua}uvc.jpg)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
image from the
original located here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.5266205,30.596692,3a,15.1y,241.74h,100.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sApqiuOtiJHK0h04YhVWe3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=es-419. It seems that this was either the first or one of the first flags to be
displayed at the "паркові алеї "Доброволець" (English: "Volunteers" park
alley), since the flag shown is from May, 2015.
Sources:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki
For additional information go to Georgian Legion (official website):
http://georgianlegion.com.ua/
Now, in the current armed conflict, which escalated into a military campaign
on February 24, 2022, there have been new military formations activated,
under the "Війська територіальної оборони" (English: Territorial Defence
Forces), which are the military reserve component of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces. These Defense Forces are composed of Battalions (hence the term
"Territorial defence battalions") and have been active since 2014 as well.
Additionally, new militias (outside this hierarchy) are also starting to
appear and be called "territorial defense units", since they have not yet
achieved battalion size status, that is: composed of 300 to 1,000 personnel.
Most likely, these new militias will either be incorporated to the already
existing battalions or form new ones. The latest legal steps towards
reactivation and reorganization of these military formations were taken on May
25, 2021 when the President passed a Bill to Parliament called "Про
основи національного спротиву" (English: On the foundation of national
resistance ), approved on July 16, 2021 and signed into Law on July 29 by the
President. It was further amended on January 1, 2022 (other sources mention
January 27). On Section I General Dispositions, Article 1 Basic Terms
definitions, item 15, they are formally labeled as "Сили територіальної
оборони Збройних Сил України" (English: Territorial Defense Forces of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine) meaning a separate paramilitary force that acts in
coordination with the existing Armed Forces. The new voluntary units are
authorized by Resolution № 1449 of December 29, 2021 of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine, in which the "Положення про добровольчі формування
територіальних громад" (English: Regulations on voluntary formations
of territorial communities) is approved. They
are known as "ТрО" (English: TerrDef), "тероборона" (English: Defense),
ТрОЗСУ (Romanized: "Sprotyv") (English: TerrDef ZSU), ЗСУ Romanized as ZSU,
standing for Zbroini Syly Ukrainy, Armed Forces of Ukraine) and
"ТериторіальнаОборона ЗСУ", (English: Territorial Defense ZSU).
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Russo-Ukrainian_crisis)
For additional information go to Sprotyv (official website)
https://sprotyv.in.ua/
Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
Flags in use
![[Georgian National Legion flag]](../images/u/ua}2014-2016.jpg)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
Flags of
different factions that were involved in the fighting) (cropped image from
the original located here:
https://georgianlegion.com.ua/images/novyny/1917000_1664205160486286_2818795244783449221_n.jpg, source:
https://georgianlegion.com.ua/novini/631-vidkrittya-pam-yatnogo-znaku-na-chest-zagiblikh-dobrovoltsiv-foto-video).
From right to left, I can locate 12 poles, but cannot identify all the
flags:
1. Azov
2. Ukrainian National Self-Defence
3. Two flags in the
same pole (cannot identify either of them, thus these are two UFEs)
4.
OUN
5. Ukraine
6.-12. Imperceptible
The original news report reads: (translated):
"OPENING OF A MEMORIAL SIGN IN HONOR OF FALLEN VOLUNTEERS (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
On December 19, a memorial sign in honor of all the fallen volunteers of
the Russian-Ukrainian war was erected on the Dobrovolets Park Alley in the
Desnianskyi district of
Kyiv. The flags of all volunteer battalions participating in this war were
raised on 6-meter flagpoles nearby. These flags will remain there forever, so
that people will remember those people who did not hesitate to leave peaceful
life and stand up for Ukraine. Among the flags that are now flying there is
the flag of our Georgian National Legion."
This is dated December 19, 2015,
although by late 2014 there were already some display of unit flags
Sources:
https://m.facebook.com/ps.kyiv/posts/1529329597333893 and
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxuRBvq9ov0
Esteban Rivera, 28 February 2022
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