Terror Battalion

The Terror Battalion was a military formation of Belarusian volunteers fighting in the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Ukrainian side until November 2024. The unit was named after who died during the defense of Irpin, and was created in 2022.

History

Zmitser Apanasovych was a soldier of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Kastus Kalinovsky who went by the call sign "Terror": he died on 24 March 2022, from a combat wound near the city of Irpin. In his honor, a new unit was formed, and its creation was announced in July 2022. In August of that year, the unit was separated from the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment and became independent.
In September 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus recognized the Internet groups of the battalion and other Belarusian military formations in Ukraine as extremist formations; creating and participating in an extremist organization is a criminal offense under Belarusian law.
On 14 November 2022, one of the soldiers of the battalion received an award from Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Kherson.
On 27 December 2022, the battalion announced its entry into the Belarusian Volunteer Corps as one of its main units.
In November 2024, the unit dissolved. Some of the fighters joined the spetznaz of Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine.