This was reported to RIA Novosti by Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko.

“Information has been confirmed that a large group of nationalists has been eliminated in the Lisichansk region, including the Belarusian nationalist Ivan Marchuk with the call sign Brest,” Marochko said.

Marchuk was a member of the Belarusian volunteer battalion named after Kalinovsky, formed in March 2022 and operating on the side of Ukraine.

In Belarus, a criminal case has been opened against its participants.

Earlier it was reported that the commanders of the nationalist battalion "Azov" Denis Prokopenko and Svyatoslav Palamar are being held in Russia.