Some interesting reports in this article by the Ukrainian Euromaiden Press that's about the private armies of the Occupied Donbass. He's created two volunteer battalions, Tavrida and Livradia who were formed out of Cossack volunteers and anti-Maidan activists in the wake of the 2014 Invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces and are currently serving with Russian forces in Southern Ukraine.
It also details a Russian government sponsored and funded organization "the All Russian Cossack" community which is an umbrella organization of Russian backed Cossack groups founded to promote Cossack culture, largely through the funding of paramilitary youth organizations and as per article, the formation of ten different Cossack Paramilitary formations currently serving in Ukraine, constituting about 16,000 troops who are also backed and funded by the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Governor of Crimea is also funding several Private Military Companies who main lines of recruitment were meant to be Crimean residents, but has also including mobilized personnel and of course, large numbers of criminals serving in exchange for pardons.
And finally about five thousand Crimean residents have gone through territorial defense training and will serve lighter duty in territorial defense formations.
Sergey Aksyonov, the self-proclaimed head of the Russian-annexed Republic of Crimea since February 2014 has created two private armies in Crimea to protect the occupation administrations and local businesses, as well as creating fortifications throughout the occupied peninsula, Ukrainska Pravda...
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