
Chechen soldiers join Ukraine's fight against Russia
State of the World from NPR
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The Chechens in Ukraine
Monsieur was 13 when russian soldiers destroyed his village of samashki during chechnya's first war for independence against russia. He says he was never the same after astewedes te waget e, so russia ruined everything i had. Monseur is the deputy commander of one of at least two chetchen battalions fighting in ukraine against r Russia. Chechens are among the 20 thousand estimated foreign fighters fighting for ukraine.
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