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>>18357485 Ukrainian ‘commander’ pictured with ISIS patch

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Putin's ISIS claim about Ukraine war real? Kyiv's commander with Islamic State insignia spotted

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Shocking evidence of ISIS involvement in the Ukrainian armed forces has emerged. The Associated Press (AP) has released a series of photographs as well as a video purportedly showing several Kiev fighters on the frontline in the Donetsk region. One of the soldiers, identified by the outlet as a Ukrainian unit commander by the name of Kurt, can be seen wearing ISIS (Islamic State) insignia on his left arm. The same monochrome insignia with Arabic lettering is worn by ISIS terrorists. This shocking revelation comes only days after Russia accused the United States of training ISIS terrorists. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed that the U.S. military is planning to conduct terror attacks in Russia and ex-Soviet states using ISIS terrorists.

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>Ukrainian ‘commander’ pictured with ISIS patch

Ukraine’s Azov Battalion Wants to Fight Russians in Syria

12:08 GMT 28.11.2015 (Updated: 14:14 GMT 28.11.2015)

Azov battalion soldiers take oath in Kiev before being sent to Donbass - Sputnik International

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While Russia, France and other countries are trying to build an international anti-ISIL coalition, Ukraine’s Azov volunteer neo-Nazi battalion is eager to go down to Syria and fight against the Russian military, one of the leaders Andriy Biletsky told during a program on the TV Channel 112 Ukraina.

Azov battalion soldiers take oath in Kiev before being sent to Donbass - Sputnik International

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Biletsky, who is also a member of the Verkhovna Rada, was disappointed that not a whole a lot is going on in Ukraine right now due to the ceasefire. He said the Azov battalion could use opportunities in Syria to fight against the Russians.

The Azov leader said considering that the relations between Russia and Turkey dramatically deteriorated after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian plane in Syria, Turkey should seek Ukraine's support, as Ukraine would do if it were in Turkey's place.

In Biletsky's opinion, Ukraine would be glad to help out the Turkish government in a fight against Russia.

"I can say that Azov, for example, could send its international legion to fight for the Western coalition in Syria," Biletsky said while on 112 Ukraine.

There is so much wrong with these words. First of all, Russia isn't fighting against the Western coalition; on the contrary, Russia's trying to find common ground with the US-led Western anti-ISIL coalition. Moscow and Paris, for example, agreed to share their intelligence information on terrorists just a couple of days ago.

In other words, Russia is fighting only against ISIL, al-Nusra Front and other head-chopping jihadists who are threatening peace and stability not only in the Middle East, but across the whole world. And to fight against the Russian military in Syria effectively means siding with these terrorists. There is no other way around it, Mr. Biletsky.

Furthermore, ISIL is a Wahhabi jihadist extremist group who persecutes not only Christians, Kurds, Shiites and even other Sunni groups, whom they consider as "moderate." It's at the very least hard to imagine a brigade of pale-faced Ukrainian nationalists, some of whom identify as Christians, fighting on the side of ISIL. On the other hand, who knows what these radicals have in mind, because after all birds of a feather flock together, don't they?

https://sputniknews.com/20151128/ukraine-azov-battalion-russia-syria-1030911832.html

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>Ukrainian ‘commander’ pictured with ISIS patch

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>Ukraine’s Azov Battalion Wants to Fight Russians in Syria

Why is an ex-Syria War jihadist fighting for Ukraine against Russia?

Rustam Azhiev, better known by his nom-de-guerre Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, led Ajnad al-Kavkaz in Syria and now leads Chechen fighters in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.

By MICHAEL STARR

Published: JANUARY 10, 2023 15:11

A Syrian Civil War Chechen jihadist organization leader was confirmed as fighting in Ukraine against Russian forces in footage published by Ukrainian military intelligence on Saturday.

Rustam Azhiev, better known by his nom-de-guerre Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, was shown in a video of operations in the Donbas city of Bakhmut, firing what was identified as an AT-4 anti-armor weapon by arms researcher Calibre Obscura.

Now a leader of a unit of Chechen fighters within the Ukrainian Foreign Legion – the Special Special Purpose Battalion of the Ministry of Defense of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – Azhiev was the emir of the Islamist Ajnad al-Kavkaz.

Who is Rustam Azhiev and what did he do in the Syrian Civil War?

Ajnad al-Kavkaz was a group that fought during the Syrian Civil War and was made up of Chechen fighters that found themselves in exile after coming to Turkey for medical treatment or momentary refuge following the Second Chechen War.

In Syria, Ajnad al-Kavkaz fought against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the time allying itself with Jabhat al-Nusra and other al-Qaeda-linked groups, according to The Intercept. However, Azhiev rejected the label of terrorism being applied to his group, telling The Intercept in a 2016 interview that Ajnad al-Kavkaz’ policy was not to target women, children or the elderly. According to researcher Joanna Paraszczuk of Chechens in Syria, Ajnad al-Kavkaz has issued statements against the Islamic State and the targeting of all civilians.

Azhiev told The Intercept that he was a jihadist, and the objective of the organization was to free his homeland of Chechnya. Syria offered an opportunity for him to fight against Russia, which has maintained a heavy military presence in the country.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-728127