Extermination battalions or destruction battalions, colloquially istrebitels (истребители, "exterminators", "destroyers") abbreviated: istrebki (Russian), strybki (Ukrainian), stribai (Lithuanian), were paramilitary units under the control of NKVD in the Soviet-occupied Baltic states and western Soviet Union. They were tasked with repression and internal security on the Eastern Front and after it.
Extermination battalions or destruction battalions, colloquially istrebitels (истребители, "exterminators", "destroyers") abbreviated: istrebki (Russian), strybki (Ukrainian), stribai (Lithuanian), were paramilitary units under the control of NKVD in the Soviet-occupied Baltic states and western Soviet Union. They were tasked with repression and internal security on the Eastern Front and after it.
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