{"id":166362,"date":"2025-12-01T15:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-sentences-ex-volunteer-of-kalinouski-regiment-to-five-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166362\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus sentences ex-volunteer of Kalino\u016dski regiment to five years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 1,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Vasil Hra\u010dycha, a Belarusian volunteer who briefly served with the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (KKR) fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, was convicted in Belarus last week together with another former volunteer fighter, Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both were accused of serious crimes, including conspiracy to seize power, forming an extremist group and taking part in an armed conflict abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hra\u010dycha was given five years in prison and Vieramiej\u010dyk, who had been arrested in Vietnam and extradited to Belarus earlier this year, was sentenced to 13 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the KKR, Hra\u010dycha joined the unit in May 2022 and left it the following month. The Belarusian government designated the KKR as a terrorist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/veremejchik_fb-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/veremejchik_fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/veremejchik_fb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/veremejchik_fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/veremejchik_fb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/veremejchik_fb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus sentences former Ukraine volunteer fighter Vieramiej\u010dyk to 13 years in prison<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 28,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;A Belarusian court sentenced Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk, a former volunteer fighter of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment that fights alongside Ukrainian forces, to 13 years in prison, Belsat reported citing his wife, Ja\u016dhienija. 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