Right Sector
Far-right political party in Ukraine
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| 2024 | The 67th Brigade was disbanded and its members transferred to other Ground Forces brigades due to alleged preferential treatment of Right Sector members. |
| 2022 | Right Sector volunteers fought in the Siege of Mariupol and Eastern Ukraine offensive. Taras Bobanych, commander of the 2nd Separate Battalion, was killed near Izium. |
| November 2022 | The Ukrainian Volunteer Corps was reformed as the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade and became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. |
| January 2022 | Captain Dmytro Kotsiubailo 'Da Vinci' is awarded the title Hero of Ukraine and decorated with the Order of the Golden Star by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for battlefield courage. |
| 2021 | Political scientists Daniel Odin Shaw and Huseyn Aliyev characterized Right Sector as an ultranationalist political movement, highlighting the UDA's (paramilitary arm) inclusivity of diverse ethnic minorities. |
| December 2021 | The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refused to disclose details about cooperation with Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh, citing confidentiality. |
| November 2 2021 | Dmytro Yarosh announces on social media his appointment as Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. |
| 2020 | In the Ukrainian local elections, Right Sector gains 3 deputies, representing a minimal percentage of available mandates. |
| 2019 | Right Sector presidential candidate Ruslan Koshulynskyi ran for president, receiving 307,240 votes (1.62% of the vote), finishing No. 9 in the first round. |
| 2019 | Right Sector joins a united party list with Svoboda, Governmental Initiative of Yarosh, and National Corps for the parliamentary election, receiving 2.15% of votes but failing to secure parliamentary seats. |
| November 19 2018 | Right Sector, along with other Ukrainian nationalist organizations, endorses Ruslan Koshulynskyi as a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. |
| March 19 2016 | Tarasenko became the new chairman of Right Sector. |
| February 2016 | Yarosh started a new organization called the Governmental Initiative of Yarosh. |
| December 2015 | Yarosh announces his plans to form a new political party to launch in February 2016. |
| December 2015 | Yarosh announced his complete withdrawal from Right Sector, stating the organization had fulfilled its revolutionary purpose. |
| November 11 2015 | Dmytro Yarosh resigns as leader of Right Sector, marking a significant leadership transition for the political party. |
| April 2015 | Dmytro Yarosh was appointed an advisor to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. |
| 2014 | Right Sector presidential candidate Dmytro Yarosh ran for president, receiving 127,772 votes (0.70% of the vote), finishing No. 11 in the first round. |
| 2014 | Right Sector formed as a loose collection of small ultraconservative groups outside parliament, with scholarly sources noting the presence of a neo-Nazi fringe within the organization. |
| 2014 | Patriot of Ukraine and many UNA-UNSO members left the Right Sector organization. |
| August 2014 | Right Sector lost twelve fighters when ambushed outside Donetsk. Group leader Yarosh vowed to avenge their deaths. |
| August 17 2014 | Right Sector accused the Interior Ministry of harbouring counterrevolutionary forces and illegally searching or detaining their volunteers. |
| July 19 2014 | Right Sector announced readiness to contribute 5,000 fighters to the military if provided suitable combat equipment. |
| May 2014 | Right Sector officially registered as a social organization under Ukrainian law, formally establishing its legal status as a civilian group. |
| April 2014 | Right Sector formed its Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (DUK) battalion to fight in the war in Donbas. |
| March 2014 | White Hammer was expelled from the Right Sector coalition. |
| March 22 2014 | Right Sector officially became a political party, claiming approximately 10,000 members at the time. |
| November 2013 | Right Sector originated as a right-wing, paramilitary confederation of ultranationalist organizations during the Euromaidan revolt in Kyiv, participating in clashes with riot police. |
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