In Ukraine, the Akhmat-Vostok battalion dispersed and beat up Russian military personnel

In the Ukrainian Melitopol, controlled by the Russian army, fighters of the Chechen battalion "Akhmat-Vostok" beat up Russian soldiers who asked them for documents at a checkpoint, also threatening to use weapons.

In the video, in response to the demands of servicemen at a checkpoint in Melitopol near the Kvartal shopping center, the battalion commander and his subordinates beat the military police who stopped their motorcade. The main participant in the video has been identified online: it is reported that this is the commander of the Akhmat-Vostok battalion (Akhmat-Chechnya regiment of the Russian Defense Ministry) Vakha Khambulatov (“Ashab”).

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