 Russia deploying newly formed Armenian Volunteer Battalion to Ukraine. Russia is deploying a newly formed Armenian Volunteer Battalion to Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War ISW said. According to the ISW, Russian sources amplified pictures of the Arbat Volunteer Battalion attending a send-off ceremony at the Armenian Cathedral of Moscow on July 2. One Russian source speculated that the Volunteer Battalion includes Armenian citizens as well as ethnic Armenians from Russian-occupied Abkhazia. Kavkaz Plus Media Outlet writes that formation of this Armenian Battalion, Abat, for the war against Ukraine and the blessing by Echmyadzin Church of the Armenia is a criminal act against Ukraine. The Armenian Apostolic Church in Moscow hosted a ceremony of blessing the fighters of the Armenian Battalion, Abat, who are sent to Donbas. The battalion will fight under the Armenian flag in Ukraine. What is this if not the official participation of Armenia in the aggression and war against Ukraine? The media outlet added. It is said that Armenian Apostolic Church blesses the Armenian mercenaries and separatists for aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. The Arbat Battalion was formed right now, not by chance. Most likely a significant part of it will be Artsat separatists and those who intend to later participate in revanchist war to recapture Azerbaijani Karabakh. These militants will be transferred to the South Caucasus when the war breaks out there, but most likely the militants will never reach Karabakh. Firstly, because the separatist project of Artsakh is doomed and the Artsakh separatists themselves are left in the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh. And secondly, the armed forces of Ukraine inflict huge losses on the aggressors and a significant part of the Arbat Battalion will remain lying in the Ukrainian black soil. This is what the Arbat Battalion plus wrote.