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The '''Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion''' ({{Lang-ru|Батальон Богдана Хмельницкого}}), or '''Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion''' is a Russian "volunteer battalion" formed in February 2023, allegedly from Ukrainian [[POW]]s that have [[defected]] to the [[Russian Army]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theatlasnews.co/conflict/2023/02/26/russia-announces-new-battalion-comprised-of-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war/ | title=Russia Announces New Battalion, Comprised of Ukrainian Prisoners of War &#124; Atlas News | date=26 February 2023 }}</ref> The battalion is named after [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]], a [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] nobleman and [[Hetman]] of the [[Zaporozhian Host]], which was under the suzerainty of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] at the time of his rule.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CH%5CKhmelnytskyBohdan.htm | title=Entry Display Web Page }}</ref>
The '''Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion''' ({{Lang-ru|Батальон Богдана Хмельницкого}}), or '''Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion''' is a Russian "volunteer battalion" formed in February 2023, allegedly from Ukrainian [[POW]]s that have [[defected]] to the [[Russian Army]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theatlasnews.co/conflict/2023/02/26/russia-announces-new-battalion-comprised-of-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war/ | title=Russia Announces New Battalion, {{sic|Comprised |hide=y|of}} Ukrainian Prisoners of War &#124; Atlas News | date=26 February 2023 }}</ref> The battalion is named after [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]], a [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] nobleman and [[Hetman]] of the [[Zaporozhian Host]], which was under the suzerainty of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] at the time of his rule.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CH%5CKhmelnytskyBohdan.htm | title=Entry Display Web Page }}</ref>


The battalion was created in February 2023 in the [[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine|Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kyivindependent.com/russian-state-media-ukrainian-pows-will-fight-for-russia-in-ukraine/ | title=Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine | date=28 October 2023 }}</ref> The formation's alleged commander, Andrii Tyshchenko, told [[RIA Novosti]], that they recruited around 70 Ukrainian POWs in February alone.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/23867 | title=Russian Media Claims Ukrainian POWs Have Volunteered to Fight for Moscow | date=9 November 2023 }}</ref> Some sources state that up to 200 Ukrainian POWs have joined.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dan-news.ru/en/defence/200-ukrainian-pows-ready-to-fight-for-russia/ | title=200 Ukrainian POWs ready to fight for Russia | date=23 February 2023 }}</ref> Tyshchenko was a former Ukrainian tank commander before defecting to Russia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ria.ru/20231027/dobrovoltsy-1905542599.html | title=Батальон из бывших бойцов ВСУ присоединился к российскому подразделению | date=27 October 2023 }}</ref> RIA Novosti calls the battalion "volunteer," claiming that its members joined the formation "voluntarily, having accepted Russian citizenship if they joined the battalion."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kyivindependent.com/russian-state-media-ukrainian-pows-will-fight-for-russia-in-ukraine/ | title=Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine | date=28 October 2023 }}</ref> Russian sources claimed that the Russian command would treat members of the battalion in the same way as Russian soldiers and that they would receive the same salaries and benefits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://global.espreso.tv/russia-creats-battalion-of-ukrainian-pows-to-send-it-to-front | title=Russia may deploy battalion composed of Ukrainian POWs to front }}</ref> Coercion of POWs into combat would violate the Article 23 of the [[Geneva Convention]] on Prisoners of War, which says that "no prisoner of war may at any time be sent to or detained in areas where he may be exposed to the fire of the combat zone."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russia to deploy Ukrainian POWs in conflict, breaching Geneva convention: ISW - English Section - polskieradio.pl |url=https://polskieradio.pl/395/9766/artykul/3276744,russia-to-deploy-ukrainian-pows-in-conflict-breaching-geneva-convention-isw |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=polskieradio.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-27 |title=Russia likely coercing Ukrainian POWs to fight in Russian Military: ISW |url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-likely-coercing-ukrainian-pows-fight-russian-military-isw-1838782 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> Acting head of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] [[Denis Pushilin]] claimed on February 27 that some of the Ukrainian POWs kept in the region were beginning to quote: "realize their guilt and believed they must make up for it by siding with Russia".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/politics/1583199 | title=About 70 former Ukrainian troops apply for Russian citizenship to join volunteer battalion }}</ref> It was reported that after taking an oath, the battalion was deployed to an unspecified part of the frontline.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/russian-state-media-ukrainian-pows-092646878.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGpz2dT8CP2IXTW0HproUeIrfF0OBVbxNsx0Xy-E07hf_S9zBRlRC8U42eFXl8C_bkfr8HZTTlW32itAKmgoY0EDs5zusKgHVxmVNnAGDKQVMDLQUfnjp7pwGiDAlAl-Q40chyB4LSyBt8ZhCNkxcGQkBCfuTJFKUiDwRw-2xrvs | title=Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine | date=28 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-to-deploy-ukrainian-pow-battalion-to-front-lines-coercion-fears-isw-2023-10 | title=Fears Ukrainian POWs have been coerced to fight against their fellow citizens by Russia, says ISW | website=[[Business Insider]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=AP |date=2023-11-08 |title=Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/08/ukrainian-pows-being-sent-to-fight-their-own-army-russian-news-claims |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
The battalion was created in February 2023 in the [[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine|Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kyivindependent.com/russian-state-media-ukrainian-pows-will-fight-for-russia-in-ukraine/ | title=Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine | date=28 October 2023 }}</ref> The formation's alleged commander, Andrii Tyshchenko, told [[RIA Novosti]], that they recruited around 70 Ukrainian POWs in February alone.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/23867 | title=Russian Media Claims Ukrainian POWs Have Volunteered to Fight for Moscow | date=9 November 2023 }}</ref> Some sources state that up to 200 Ukrainian POWs have joined.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dan-news.ru/en/defence/200-ukrainian-pows-ready-to-fight-for-russia/ | title=200 Ukrainian POWs ready to fight for Russia | date=23 February 2023 }}</ref> Tyshchenko was a former Ukrainian tank commander before defecting to Russia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ria.ru/20231027/dobrovoltsy-1905542599.html | title=Батальон из бывших бойцов ВСУ присоединился к российскому подразделению | date=27 October 2023 }}</ref> RIA Novosti calls the battalion "volunteer," claiming that its members joined the formation "voluntarily, having accepted Russian citizenship if they joined the battalion."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kyivindependent.com/russian-state-media-ukrainian-pows-will-fight-for-russia-in-ukraine/ | title=Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine | date=28 October 2023 }}</ref> Russian sources claimed that the Russian command would treat members of the battalion in the same way as Russian soldiers and that they would receive the same salaries and benefits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://global.espreso.tv/russia-creats-battalion-of-ukrainian-pows-to-send-it-to-front | title=Russia may deploy battalion composed of Ukrainian POWs to front }}</ref> Coercion of POWs into combat would violate the Article 23 of the [[Geneva Convention]] on Prisoners of War, which says that "no prisoner of war may at any time be sent to or detained in areas where he may be exposed to the fire of the combat zone."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russia to deploy Ukrainian POWs in conflict, breaching Geneva convention: ISW - English Section - polskieradio.pl |url=https://polskieradio.pl/395/9766/artykul/3276744,russia-to-deploy-ukrainian-pows-in-conflict-breaching-geneva-convention-isw |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=polskieradio.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-27 |title=Russia likely coercing Ukrainian POWs to fight in Russian Military: ISW |url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-likely-coercing-ukrainian-pows-fight-russian-military-isw-1838782 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> Acting head of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] [[Denis Pushilin]] claimed on February 27 that some of the Ukrainian POWs kept in the region were beginning to quote: "realize their guilt and believed they must make up for it by siding with Russia".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/politics/1583199 | title=About 70 former Ukrainian troops apply for Russian citizenship to join volunteer battalion }}</ref> It was reported that after taking an oath, the battalion was deployed to an unspecified part of the frontline.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/russian-state-media-ukrainian-pows-092646878.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGpz2dT8CP2IXTW0HproUeIrfF0OBVbxNsx0Xy-E07hf_S9zBRlRC8U42eFXl8C_bkfr8HZTTlW32itAKmgoY0EDs5zusKgHVxmVNnAGDKQVMDLQUfnjp7pwGiDAlAl-Q40chyB4LSyBt8ZhCNkxcGQkBCfuTJFKUiDwRw-2xrvs | title=Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine | date=28 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-to-deploy-ukrainian-pow-battalion-to-front-lines-coercion-fears-isw-2023-10 | title=Fears Ukrainian POWs have been coerced to fight against their fellow citizens by Russia, says ISW | website=[[Business Insider]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=AP |date=2023-11-08 |title=Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/08/ukrainian-pows-being-sent-to-fight-their-own-army-russian-news-claims |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion
Батальон Богдана Хмельницкого
File:Unit insignia of the Bohdan Khmelnytsky battalion.jpg
Unit insignia
FoundedFebruary 2023
Allegiance Russia
TypeMilitia
SizeUnknown
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander		Andrii Tyshchenko[1]

The Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion (Russian: Батальон Богдана Хмельницкого), or Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion is a Russian "volunteer battalion" formed in February 2023, allegedly from Ukrainian POWs that have defected to the Russian Army.[2] The battalion is named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a Ruthenian nobleman and Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time of his rule.[3]

The battalion was created in February 2023 in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast.[4] The formation's alleged commander, Andrii Tyshchenko, told RIA Novosti, that they recruited around 70 Ukrainian POWs in February alone.[5] Some sources state that up to 200 Ukrainian POWs have joined.[6] Tyshchenko was a former Ukrainian tank commander before defecting to Russia.[7] RIA Novosti calls the battalion "volunteer," claiming that its members joined the formation "voluntarily, having accepted Russian citizenship if they joined the battalion."[8] Russian sources claimed that the Russian command would treat members of the battalion in the same way as Russian soldiers and that they would receive the same salaries and benefits.[9] Coercion of POWs into combat would violate the Article 23 of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, which says that "no prisoner of war may at any time be sent to or detained in areas where he may be exposed to the fire of the combat zone."[10][11] Acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin claimed on February 27 that some of the Ukrainian POWs kept in the region were beginning to quote: "realize their guilt and believed they must make up for it by siding with Russia".[12] It was reported that after taking an oath, the battalion was deployed to an unspecified part of the frontline.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Fears Ukrainian POWs have been coerced to fight against their fellow citizens by Russia, says ISW". 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Russia Announces New Battalion, Comprised of Ukrainian Prisoners of War | Atlas News". 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Entry Display Web Page".
  4. ^ "Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine". 28 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Russian Media Claims Ukrainian POWs Have Volunteered to Fight for Moscow". 9 November 2023.
  6. ^ "200 Ukrainian POWs ready to fight for Russia". 23 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Батальон из бывших бойцов ВСУ присоединился к российскому подразделению". 27 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine". 28 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Russia may deploy battalion composed of Ukrainian POWs to front".
  10. ^ "Russia to deploy Ukrainian POWs in conflict, breaching Geneva convention: ISW - English Section - polskieradio.pl". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  11. ^ "Russia likely coercing Ukrainian POWs to fight in Russian Military: ISW". Newsweek. 2023-10-27. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  12. ^ "About 70 former Ukrainian troops apply for Russian citizenship to join volunteer battalion".
  13. ^ "Russian state media: Ukrainian POWs will fight for Russia in Ukraine". 28 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Fears Ukrainian POWs have been coerced to fight against their fellow citizens by Russia, says ISW". Business Insider.
  15. ^ AP (2023-11-08). "Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
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