The word 'battalions' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun meaning a large organized body of troops, typically one or more regiments. Example: The battalion marched forward with determination.
It says: Several rockets fell on various neighbourhoods in Deir el-Zour, clashes are also taking place across the city between regime forces and armed rebel battalions, the clashes were accompanied by explosions.
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, said the money from the newspaper owner would "make a big difference... up against the big battalions".
Last month, Ihor Kolomoisky, who bankrolled pro-Kiev volunteer battalions in eastern Ukraine, was removed from his post of governor of Dnipropetrovsk.
What has been lost in the debate around the removal of battalions such as 3 Yorks is that this identity matters to people.
They brought home to the big battalions of organised labour an understanding of the grim reality facing too many.
Volunteers undergo training in neighbouring Dnepropetrovsk region, and their battalions can be brought under the command of the interior ministry, allowing them to operate legally.
"I knew Zaur as a genuine Russian patriot," the Chechen leader wrote on his Instagram page on Sunday evening, confirming that Dadayev had served in one of his battalions.
Other military analysts believe that the new arrivals may well include battalions comprising mostly professional "contract" soldiers - far more effective than the conscripts that make up most standard Russian army units.
The group's influence has been consistently distorted by its own boasts and Russian state media exaggerations, but it is clear that some of its members are fighting in the east, presumably within volunteer battalions.
A self-published newspaper in Donetsk gives the phone number where "Ukrainian patriots" can sign up for the volunteer battalions; its editor has gone into hiding to avoid being kidnapped by the separatist fighters.
Back in his pick-up truck, he said the young men belonged to one of the new battalions formed recently which were competing with his militia over funding and ammunition.
