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Russia’s Chechen Akhmat unit commander fighting against Ukraine reportedly killed in Donbas – Russian media

Yevgeny Pisarenko, the commander of Akhmat unit. Source: Dkulko/Telegram
Russia’s Chechen Akhmat unit commander fighting against Ukraine reportedly killed in Donbas – Russian media

Yevgeny Pisarenko, the commander of Akhmat, a Chechen military unit fighting on the Russian side since the beginning of the war, has been killed in Donbas, says another commander of the armed formation Apta Alaudinov.

In a Telegram post, Alaudinov thanked parents of Pisarenko for “raising such a hero”.

In addition, Dmitry Kulko, a Russian “war correspondent” also said on his Telegram channel that the Chechen commander was killed in action. However, the date of Pisarenko’s death was not specified.

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