| − | Biletsky was imprisoned for complicity in the group beating of a journalist who only miraculously survived. During the 2014 U.S.-backed [[Euromaidan coup]], members of the Biletsky's Patriot of Ukraine were among the founders of the notorious fascist [[Right Sector]] on November 28, 2013. Biletsky was released from prison in March 2014 and on March 12 became a party leader in special operations for the "Right Sector - East," which included such regions as Poltava, [[Kharkiv]], [[Donetsk]], and [[Luhansk]] oblasts. On May 5, 2014 in Berdyansk, Biletsky became a founder of the Azov Battalion (as a territorial battalion of patrol service), and its first commander. | + | Biletsky was imprisoned for complicity in the group beating of a journalist who only miraculously survived. During the 2014 U.S.-backed [[Euromaidan coup]], members of the Biletsky's [[Patriot of Ukraine]] were among the founders of the notorious fascist [[Right Sector]] on November 28, 2013. Biletsky was released from prison in March 2014 and on March 12 became a party leader in special operations for the "Right Sector - East," which included such regions as Poltava, [[Kharkiv]], [[Donetsk]], and [[Luhansk]] oblasts. On May 5, 2014 in Berdyansk, Biletsky became a founder of the Azov Battalion (as a territorial battalion of patrol service), and its first commander. |
| | On June 13, 2014, Biletsky led his detachment in the First Battle of Mariupol. On August 2, 2014, Biletsky, holding a rank of Major of Militsiya, was awarded the Order For Courage (III degree) by the newly U.S.-installed [[Maidan regime]] and promoted to lieutenant colonel of police on August 15, 2014. | | On June 13, 2014, Biletsky led his detachment in the First Battle of Mariupol. On August 2, 2014, Biletsky, holding a rank of Major of Militsiya, was awarded the Order For Courage (III degree) by the newly U.S.-installed [[Maidan regime]] and promoted to lieutenant colonel of police on August 15, 2014. |