Monday, September 5, 2022

Meet the Chechen battalion joining Ukraine to fight Russia — and fellow Chechens

Members of the volunteer Sheikh Mansur Battalion (from left) Islam, Mansur and Asadulla speak to an AFP journalist during an interview in Zaporizhzhia on June 9. The Sheikh Mansur Battalion was founded in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and composed mainly of Chechen veterans. The group was named after a Chechen military commander against Russian expansion in the Caucasus in the 18th century.

While many Chechen fighters have deployed in Ukraine for Russia, this group is there to defend the country from the Russians.

(Image credit: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

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