Comments by "Neva Gerber" (@nevagerber2434) on "He Stormed Mariupol and Met the Enemy Face to Face" video.

Many people wonder if this soldier is a Chechen or a Russian from Chechnya. As a native speaker, I can say that Russian is his native language, and he is obviously not a Chechen. It is unlikely that he is a Russian living in Chechnya, because there are very few non-Chechens there in general, it is a mono-national republic. The Akhmat battalion was and remains also a battalion of volunteers, you can come to their training base from any region of the Russian Federation, undergo training and go to the SVO zone. So there are soldiers of all possible nationalities and from all regions in this batallion. They are subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, but they specialize in urban battles, as far as I know. His English is really good.
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