“After 3.5 months, the first battalion of the Tigr Volunteer Detachment returned from the NVO zone in Primorye on Sunday, November 27,” the statement said.

It is noted that the governor of Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako presented regional awards to the arriving fighters.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law granting combat veteran status to volunteers participating in the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.