Vadzim Kabanchuk

Vadzim Kabanchuk (Belarusian: Вадзім Міхайлавіч Кабанчук, also Vadim) is a Belarusian who has held political and military responsibilities as part of the Belarusian opposition. As a political activist, he was imprisoned for six months during 1997–1998 and for 10 days in 2011. Kabanchuk became deputy commander of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment during the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and switched to the political role of Representative for Defense and National Security in the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus in early August 2024.