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A former soldier of Kalinovsky's regiment. His arrest was announced in a news broadcast on state television, Belarus 1, on May 5, 2025.
According to social media, he graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (BSAA), where he studied in the land management department. His specialty is cadastral surveying and land law.
He served in the 38th Separate Motorized Defense Brigade of Belarus, a paratrooper unit in Brest, once commanded by Valery Sakhashchik. A photo on social media shows the brigade's pennant hanging in Grechikha's apartment.
According to the Kalinovsky Regiment's press service, Vasily joined them in May 2022, but left the unit in June of that year at his own request.
According to the video, he was detained somewhere in a swampy area outside the city by several KGB officers armed with machine guns. He was transported by helicopter. During the transfer, he had a black bag over his head, and his hands were clasped in front of him with a plastic zip tie. Kalinovets was flown by helicopter to the airfield.
According to the video, Vasily was born on July 28, 1981. In February 2022, he left for Poland to work, and three months later, he joined the Kalinovsky Regiment. He underwent training in Kyiv. The circumstances of his arrest are unknown.
Alexey was born and lived in Minsk. After the 2014 Maidan protests, he volunteered for the Azov Special Forces Regiment. He lost his leg during the full-scale war with Russia. Since 2024, he has been an instructor in the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment.
In the fall of 2025, the Investigative Committee announced the launch of a "special investigation" against five well-known fighters of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment—a group of Belarusians defending Ukraine—including Alexei.
Alexey Kovalchuk worked as a rowing instructor and bartender in Minsk for nine years, then as a snowboarding instructor. In 2007, he moved to Ukraine and for a long time split his time between the two countries.
In October 2025, the Investigative Committee announced the initiation of a "special investigation" against five well-known fighters of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment—a group of Belarusians defending Ukraine. Among them was Alexei.
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Former deputy commander of the Kastus Kalinovsky Regiment, representative of the Joint Transitional Cabinet for Defense.
He was an activist in the youth opposition organizations "Young Front" and "Edge." In 2001, Kabanchuk participated in the public commission investigating the kidnappings of prominent Belarusian opposition figures Yury Zakharenko and Vladimir Gonchar, businessman Aleksey Krasovsky, and journalist Dmitry Zavadsky.
In 2002, Kabanchuk sought political asylum in Belgium. He was active in the life of the Belarusian diaspora. He was one of the organizers of the "Belarusian-European Union" in Belgium. Several years later, he returned to Belarus. During the 2010 presidential election, he was an activist for the campaign of Vitaly Rymasheuski, the Belarusian Christian Democracy candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Belarus. He participated in the 2010 Square.
He left to fight in Ukraine in 2014.
On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
In addition, the Kalinovites were given fines ranging from 500 to 3,500 base units (from 21,000 to 147,000 rubles).
On December 10, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.