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Commander of Russian Akhmat special forces killed in Ukraine
Yevgeny Pisarenko, the commander of the Russian Akhmat special forces, who has been fighting in the Donetsk region since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, has been killed in Ukraine
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This is reported by the unit commander Apti Alaudinov.
The enemy serviceman had the call sign "Bolshoi".
Pisarenko reportedly previously served in the Stavropol riot police, where he was promoted to colonel. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the Russian army and participated in Russia's war against Ukraine as part of the Chechen battalion Akhmat.
Russian war correspondent Dmitry Kulko said he did it to "protect the people of Donbas".
For reference. The Akhmat special forces battalion is a Russian special forces unit based in Chechnya. It has been involved in combat operations since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that soldiers from the Russian Defense Ministry's Akhmat battalion have begun to monitor the Russian border and counteract 'Ukrainian saboteurs' in the Belgorod region.
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