Ukraine confirms it has a military battalion made up entirely of Russians

I am not surprised.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The confirmation followed a Tuesday story published in Bloomberg about the so-called "Siberian Battalion." The story detailed how the Sibir (Siberia) battalion brought together "dozens" of Russians as well as people from ethnic minorities in Russia who are opposed to the invasion Putin launched on Ukraine in February 2022.

Volunteer groups of Russian soldiers, such as the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps, have already been fighting in Ukraine alongside Kyiv's forces, but the Siberian Battalion is the first known unit of Russians that is part of the formal Ukrainian army.

"We can confirm the information about the creation of the Siberian battalion, which operates in the ranks of the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Andriy Yusov, representative of Ukraine's Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), told the Kyiv Post.

Members of the Siberian Battalion from the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Tuesday take part in a military training exercise outside Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A Kyiv official confirmed the existence of the Siberian Battalion, which is made up of Russians, following media reports about the group."...