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In August 2023 [[Yan Petrovsky]] was detained in Finland and Ukraine requested his extradition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finnish authorities detain militant from Russian neo-nazi military unit |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/25/7417054/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=en}}</ref> The Rusich Group issued an ultimatum to the Russian government that they will not participate in any combat in Ukraine until Russia secured the release of Petrovsky. The group had been fighting on the Robotyne-Verbove line, defending the sector from the [[2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive]], with their absence likely exacerbating Russian tactical losses in the region.<ref name="ISW August 26">{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Riley |last2=Mappes |first2=Grace |last3=Harward |first3=Christina |last4=Clark |first4=Mason |last5=Wolkov |first5=Nicole |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 26, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-26-2023 |website=[[Institute for the Study of War]] |access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref>

In August 2024 Rusich posted on its Telegram channel a video of a severed head of an Ukrainian soldier mounted on a spike. Ukrainska Pravda claimed that a Russian soldier "was ordered to cut off the heads of four dead Ukrainian soldiers".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/08/17/kyiv-appeals-to-un-over-russian-video-allegedly-showing-beheaded-ukrainian-soldier-en-news|title=Kyiv appeals to UN over Russian video allegedly showing beheaded Ukrainian soldier|work=[[Novaya Gazeta Europe]]|date=17 August 2024}}</ref>

== Ideology and symbols ==