Odessa Brigade
Russian separatist paramilitary group in southern and eastern Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the pro-Russian militia that fought in the war in Donbas. For other uses, see Odessa Brigade (disambiguation).
The Odessa Brigade, or officially the Separate Brigade of Special Purpose "Odessa" or OBrON "Odessa",[1] was a pro-Russian militia in the war in Donbas. It originated as a militant anti-Maidan group which emerged in the Ukrainian city of Odesa in 2014. It emerged within the pro-Russian "Odesskaya Druzhina" movement which was involved in the 2014 Odesa clashes. Following this event, members of "Odesskaya Druzhina" (and others from Odesa and Russia) reorganized themselves into a separatist militia in the Donbas, fighting on behalf of the Luhansk People's Republic in the war in Donbas. The unit was disbanded in January 2015, probably as a result of inter-separatist power struggles.
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Odessa Brigade | |
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Отдельная бригада особого назначения «Одесса» | |
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Dates of operation | c. March/May 2014 – January 2015 |
Country | Ukraine |
Allegiance | Luhansk People's Republic |
Part of | Russian people's militias in Ukraine |
Battles and wars | War in Donbas (2014–2022) |
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