12 March 2021 year to the Day of the Ukrainian volunteer in the premises of the Military History Museum - a branch of the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after V.V.. Tarnowski gave a lecture by the branch manager, military expert Mikhail Zhirokhov "The role of volunteer formations in the Russian-Ukrainian war 2014-2015 рр. Chernihiv dimension ».
This was emphasized during the lecture, that during the active phase of hostilities in spring and summer 2014 All volunteer battalions took part in the struggle together with units of the regular Ukrainian army. Very often, in defense, they took the blow of the enemy or launched an offensive together with the forces of the regular army of Ukraine.
It was noted, that in addition to those, who was officially mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through the military enlistment offices, still almost 200 Chernihiv took part in the Russian-Ukrainian war as part of the units of the "Right Sector and the OUN, Azov and Aidar Battalions.
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