Global InformationRight Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps information
| Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps | |
|---|---|
| Доброво́льчий Украї́нський Ко́рпус «Пра́вий се́ктор» Dobrovolʹchyi ukrainsʹkyi korpus "Právyi séktor" | |
 Insignia | |
| Active | 17 July 2014 – November 2022 |
| Disbanded | November 2022 |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Allegiance |  Right Sector |
| Branch | Independent (2014–2022) Ukrainian Ground Forces (2022) |
| Type | Volunteer formation |
| Size | 5,000 (2014)[1] |
| Nickname(s) | "Cyborgs"[2] |
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| Website | Official Website |
| Commanders | |
| Current Commander | Andriy Stempitsky ("Letun") |
| Former commander | Dmytro Yarosh ("Yastrub") |
| Insignia | |
| Flag |  |
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The Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (Ukrainian: Добровольчий український корпус «Пра́вий се́ктор», ДУК ПС, romanized: Dobrovolʹchyi ukrainsʹkyi korpus "Právyi séktor", DUK PS) or simply the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (Ukrainian: Добровольчий український корпус, ДУК, romanized: Dobrovolʹchyi ukrainsʹkyi korpus, DUK), was the paramilitary arm of right-wing Ukrainian nationalist party Right Sector. The Ukrainian Volunteer Corps was founded on July 17, 2014, as one of the "volunteer battalions", created as a response to the rise of pro-Russian separatism and the Russian intervention in the war in Donbas.[5]
They officially defined themselves as a "voluntary formation of Ukrainian citizens, Ukrainians from abroad and non-Ukrainians - citizens of other countries who share the ideology of Ukrainian nationalism and have expressed a desire to participate in the Ukrainian people's armed struggle against external and internal enemies."[6] The Ukrainian Volunteer Corps was mostly made up of members of Right Sector, but also accepts volunteers without any party affiliations, as well as foreigners.[7] The DUK was founded by Dmytro Yarosh—nom-de-guerre "Yastrub" ("Hawk")—who was also the leader of Right Sector, from an irregular militia that the Right Sector formed during the Euromaidan, which patrolled the streets after the fall of the Yanukovych government.[8] In 2015, after Yarosh's resignation, he announced the creation of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, a new paramilitary unit made up of former units of the DUK.[9]
In July 2014, the DUK claimed to have 5,000 troops.[1] The group was involved in combat during the war in Donbas and later in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Most of the Ukrainian volunteer battalions were later integrated by the Ukrainian government into either the Ukrainian Ground Forces or the Ukrainian National Guard, but the DUK was one of the few that remained autonomous.[10] This changed with the 2022 invasion, when they were formally absorbed in the Ground Forces as a special operations unit.[11][12] In November 2022, the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps was reformed as the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade "DUK", and were training in the United Kingdom.[13]
- ^ a b "Right Sector ready to send 5,000 people to east". Kiev. Ukrinform. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
Press Secretary … Skoropadsky said … 'We came to support actions of the President on holding the ATO [anti-terrorist operation]. But actually it is not well held. I saw that the volunteer battalions lack weapons. This is the most important requirement.'
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cyborgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Andriy Zhovanyk: The small Soviet army will never defeat the big Soviet army. But Ukrainian army on the Western model will defeat Russia". Ukrainian Frontline. 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "05/08 – 10/08. How Ukraine is resisting Russian occupation. Photo digest №28". Ukrainer. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Yarosh assembles 'Donbas' special battalion Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (24 April 2014) Ukraine's extremists forming battalion in Donetsk region Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, ITAR-TASS (24 April 2014)
- ^ "Загальні положення про Добровольчий Український Корпус "Правий сектор" | Офіційний сайт НВР "Правий сектор". 2018-01-12. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Sukhov, Oleg (24 April 2015). "Foreigners Who Fight And Die For Ukraine: Russians join Ukrainians to battle Kremlin in Donbas". Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew (21 March 2014). "Deadline is set for militias in uprising to surrender their illegal guns". The New York Times. p. A12. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
'It's not normal to ask people to hand in their weapons in the situation we have now,' Dmytro Yarosh, the leader of a right-wing paramilitary group, Right Sector, said in an interview….
- ^ ""Червень" (Андрій Гергерт): "Ми вільні. Бачимо ворога – вбиваємо" - портал новин LB.ua". 2019-12-08. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "Ukrainian Military Personnel". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Roussinos, Aris (2022-06-17). "On the frontline with the Right Sector militia". UnHerd. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Добровольчий український корпус. Виїзд на позиції у район Світлодарська. Репортаж УП | Українська правда". 2022-06-10. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "ДУК "Правий сектор" став 67-ю механізованою бригадою ЗСУ". novynarnia.com (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-12. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved 2022-12-21.