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Chechen soldiers take fight against Russia to Ukraine

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A volunteer soldier attends a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27. Some volunteers signed up to join a Chechen unit that fights alongside the Ukrainian military. Fighters from Chechnya, the Russian republic in the North Caucasus, are participating on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine, with pro-Kyiv volunteers loyal to Dzhokhar Dudayev, the late Chechen leader who headed the republic's drive for independence from Russia.
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Volunteer soldiers pose with a flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria after a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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A volunteer soldier attends a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Volunteer soldiers attend a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Volunteer soldiers attend a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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A volunteer soldier holds up a drone used to release explosives at a training area outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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A volunteer soldier holds up a drone used to release explosives at a training area outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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A volunteer soldier attends a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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A volunteer soldier attends a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Volunteer soldiers attend a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Volunteer soldiers attend a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Volunteer soldiers attend a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.
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A volunteer soldier takes the oath on the training area outside Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Volunteer soldiers attend a training outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27.

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