Ukrainian Organized Crime Joins Forces Against Putin with Foreign Fighters.

Some of Ukraine's organized crime groups are working against their former allies, creating a new phenomenon of "patriotic criminals." These new wartime activities range from delivering aid and stopping crime to cyberwarfare, according to organized crime experts and members of the Ukrainian underworld. The split between Ukrainian and Russian organized crime happened in the chaos of the first few weeks of the war. Some Ukrainian crime bosses moved abroad, while others gave permission for their men to defy the criminal code and support wartime efforts.