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

A Kyiv official on Wednesday confirmed the Ukrainian Armed Forces recently created a battalion made up of Russian citizens who traveled to Ukraine to fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces.

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.