How Kyiv dismantled Belarusian volunteer militia Pagonia

US private security veteran Matthew Parker redeploys to Ukraine 

After hunkering down in Maryland for months, the director of the private security outfit Independent Security Advisors has won new contracts with the Ukrainian armed forces and law enforcement.

Belarusian dissidence forms armed unit under Ukrainian patronage 

A section of the opposition to Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's regime is working with Ukraine's military command to establish a "second international legion". The predominantly Belarusian unit is meant to first fight in Ukraine and later prepare to march on Minsk.

War in Ukraine: Kalinovsky Regiment aims to expand 

The militia group opposed to Alexander Lukashenko, and which is backed by the Ukrainian military intelligence service, is attracting more and more members. Led by its two clandestine commanders, however, it is still locked in dispute with the other exiled Belarusian opposition factions.

Belarus opposition in Warsaw disavowed by Kyiv 

The alternative government set up by opponents to the Lukashenko regime is struggling to win the Ukrainian government's confidence. Its shadow defence minister is out of favour in Kyiv in the wake of a failed attempt to lead a battalion of volunteers.

US army veteran Matthew Parker hired to shore up Ukraine's northern flank 

The retired NCO arrived on Ukrainian soil in March to coordinate the recruitment of foreign volunteers and is now training Ukrainian regular forces and helping with tactical planning on the border with Belarus.

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Combative opposition homes in on Lukashenko's private security firm Gardservis 

As the risk of political unrest in Belarus grows and the war in Ukraine threatens to spill over its southern border, the Belorussian president is cranking up his own personal security, for which he relies on the small private company Gardservis.