Belarusian volunteers have been involved in the fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine since the beginning of hostilities in the spring of 2014. A group of Belarusian nationalists took part in defending Pisky near Donetsk airport in July 2014. In the same year the Detachment "Pogonya" was created. The fighters, who will create a tactical group "Belarus" in the future, took part in the liberation of Avdiivka in 2014.