<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uKhodakovsky wathi iningi lamadoda akhe lalivela empumalanga ye-Ukraine. Ngokwe-Radio Free EuropeRadio Liberty, i-Vostok kubikwa ukuthi ihlanganisa amalungu angaphambili e-Vostok Battalion yokuqala, iyunithi yamabutho akhethekile yomqondisi wezobunhloli waseRussia i-GRU owabamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili yaseChechen naseRusso-Georgia.  <response>: Izimpi. Ibutho lokuqala lahlanganiswa ngo-2009 eqenjini le-Russian Defence Ministry reserve elizinze eChechnya. Khodakovsky wathi wayenamadoda angaba ngu-1,000 ayewasebenzisa, nokuthi amavolontiya amaningi anolwazi emkhakheni wezokuphepha waseRussia kulindeleke ukuba ajoyine ibutho. Umbiko weRadio Free Europe wathi kunokusola kokuthi leli butho lakhiwa ngokuqondile yiGRU, noma okungenani ukuthi lavunyelwa yiyo. Ibutho lihlanganisa amabutho aseRussia nawase-Ukraine. Umbiko we-BBC News wathi leli butholakhona lalakhiwe ngokuyinhloko abantu bendawo abangaqeqeshiwe abavela empumalanga ye-Ukraine, kanye neqembu elincane lamavolontiya aseRussia. Izakhamuzi zaseColombia nezase-United States ziye zavolontiya e-Vostok battalion. Inani labavukeli baseVostok labulawa eMpini Yokuqala Yesikhumulo Sezindiza saseDonetsk. Izidumbu ezingu-30 zabuyiselwa eRussia ngemva kwempi. Amanye amalungu athi ayethola iholo lama-US100 ngesonto, nakuba ayegcizelela ukuthi ayengamavolontiya kuphela. Isisebenzi sokuzithandela sase-Armenia esisebuthweni sathi ibutho lakhiwa amaSlav, nokuthi cishe ama-80 ama-militants ayevela eRussia. 