It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Crimean department of the FSB of Russia.

“A resident of the Kherson region, born in 1991, was detained, who is suspected of participating in the activities of the illegal armed formation “Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan”, operating on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation,” the message says.

According to the investigation, the detainee, while on the territory of Ukraine, voluntarily joined the ranks of the banned national battalion in 2016. 

A criminal case has been initiated against the man on the fact of organizing an illegal armed group or participating in it.

Earlier, at the entrance to Crimea, the FSB detained a member of the Ukrainian armed formation from Mariupol.