Under Fire with the Right Sector (Excerpt from ’Ukraine’s Failed Ceasefire’)

On the frontlines in eastern Ukraine, a number of volunteer battalions fight alongside the Ukrainian army, holding the line against separatist attacks. One of those volunteer groups is the Right Sector, an ultranationalist group who were prominent during the 2014 Euromaidan revolution. Unlike other volunteer groups, the Right Sector has not been absorbed into Ukrainian military structure and so oversight of their conduct is minimal. Despite allegations of theft, torture, and extrajudicial killings, the