Former commander of the regiment Kastus Kalinovsky.
The Kastus Kalinovsky Regiment was established in the spring of 2022, immediately after the onset of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine. The regiment is part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In Belarus, the Kalinovsky Regiment is designated a terrorist organization.
He worked as a journalist for Euroradio. In recent years, he worked as a journalist for the Belarusian Investigative Center.
Former director of the Olympic Freestyle Skiing Center.
In September 2020, Vadim Krivosheev was fired from his position as director of the Republican Freestyle Olympic Training Center for "poor ideological work within the team." He subsequently left Belarus.
On March 20, 2026, the Minsk City Court heard a criminal case against Vadim in a special proceeding. According to the charges , Vadim Krivosheyev joined the "extremist groups" "Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund" and "People's Anti-Crisis Management" in 2020-2021. The prosecutor's office alleges that he "called, along with others, for actions to harm the national security of Belarus." For example, he advocated the use of sanctions to pressure government bodies, administrations, and officials to review the election results. After this, the prosecutor's office writes , he "assisted the conspirators and individuals who joined them, as well as the extremist groups they created, in an attempt to seize state power through unconstitutional means."
It is also alleged that, while serving as the sports center's director, he "failed to ensure the safety, proper condition, and proper operation of the center's property, including the Blue Fox water safety system." According to the indictment , he also allowed the pool and attractions to operate while lifeguards were significantly understaffed, making it impossible to deploy them in a manner that would ensure the safety of visitors. The prosecutor's office claims that Krivosheev's actions led to the death of a young woman.
According to the Supreme Court's website, Viktor was accused of "otherwise providing assistance to a foreign state and its representatives in carrying out activities aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus."
Domoratsky was also stripped of his military rank of "senior lieutenant in the reserve."
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.
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 the afternoon of September 19, law enforcement officers, claiming to be from the Oktyabrsky District Criminal Investigation Department in Grodno, raided the home of Andrei Meleshko's ailing mother. On September 30, they began to stink at his sister. According to the criminal investigation officers, the criminal case was opened because of two interviews he gave in 2023 and 2024 to media outlets designated as "extremist groups" in Belarus.
Recently, the Ministry of Information added Andrei Meleshko's Instagram accounts, amialeshka and batumiby.ge, and the journalist's Telegram channel, "Sakartvelo-Belarus," which sells merchandise with Belarusian symbols, to its list of "extremist" materials. Meleshko also claims that in 2023, criminal cases were opened against him for participating in "extremist" groups—the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and Radio Racyja. However, there have been no further developments in these cases; at least, Andrei hasn't been informed of anything.
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