Bratislav Živković

Bratislav Živković (; 12 November 1975 – 3 January 2025) was a Serbian volunteer in the Russian Army leading a contingent of fellow Serbs against Ukraine.

Biography In 2012, Živković was among a group of Serbian nationalists who erected barricades in North Kosovo to prevent Kosovar authorities from reaching Serb municipalities.

Živković was the commander of a Serbian Chetnik group that participated as part of the little green men that invaded and annexed Crimea for Russia claiming a shared Orthodox faith and respect for Russia, as well as receiving a hefty financial reward. During the annexation his Chetniks manned checkpoints alongside Russian Cossack formations. He later served as a "Russian Separatist" during the War in Donbas as part of the "Unité Continentale" foreign volunteer unit within the Luhansk People’s Republic.

In 2015, Živković attempted to smuggle a group of his Chetniks into northern Macedonia to participate in anti-Albanian fighting in Kumanovo but was detained at the border. Živković has also been banned from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017 for his participation in the Russian war effort. The Romanian Intelligence Service stated that Živković was "showing interest in obtaining classified documents on critical infrastructure and national and allied military objectives located in south-east Romania with the intention of affecting our strategic partnerships." In February of that year another 28 members of his Chetnik organization were convicted in Belgrade of the same offense.