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The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) was founded in August 2022 [15] The founder and leader of the group is Denis Nikitin, who has been described as a neo-Nazi. [16] [17] [18] According to the Ukrainian news agency Glavcom, the RVC was formed by Russian volunteers who had started fighting for Ukraine in the Azov Regiment and other units in 2014. [19]
Left-wing volunteers have gone to fight for the pro-Russian forces, accusing the Ukrainian government of being a "fascist state" and seeking to engage in an "anti-fascist struggle". However, these leftist volunteers have co-operated with far-right groups in Donbas. [46]
A number of Russian soldiers would fight for Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War as part of the Freedom of Russia Legion. Soviet Volunteer Group, between 1937-1941 as part of the Republic of China Air Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Some Russians fought for the Allies on the Western Front of WW1 as part of the Russian Legion. They ...
Foreign volunteer battalion in the Wehrmacht.Soldiers of the Free Arabian Legion in Greece, September 1943. Spanish volunteer forces of the Blue Division entrain at San Sebastián, 1942 The Ukrainian Liberation Army's oath to Adolf Hitler Ingrian Wehrmacht volunteers of the 664th Eastern Battalion, 1943
The Russian Orthodox Army (Russian: Русская православная армия, Russkaya pravoslavnaya armiya), a pro-Russian insurgent group in Ukraine, originated in May 2014 as part of the insurgency. [16] It reportedly had 100 members at the time of its founding, including locals and Russian volunteers.
Other Russian nationalist volunteers involved in separatist militias included members of the banned Russian neo-nazi group Slavic Union and the Movement Against Illegal Immigration. [205] Another Russian separatist paramilitary unit, the Interbrigades, is made up of activists from the National Bolshevik (Nazbol) group Other Russia. [10]
According to the Ukraina Moloda newspaper, the unit began recruiting in late January 2023. It was mentioned that there were several requirements for volunteers to join the unit, these consisted of good health, no problems with substances or alcohol, a devotion to traditional "Nordic values", and a desire to achieve Karelian independence from the Russian Federation, as well as a desire to ...
The term "Volunteer Army" is often used as a shorthand description for all the White Russian forces in the South Russia area, the actual names of the formation are: From its inception until January 23, 1919, this formation was named the Volunteer Army. From January 23, 1919, until May 22, 1919, this formation was named the Caucasus Volunteer Army.