Captured Akhmat fighter says he chose Ukraine and a drone guided him away from Russia’s ranks

Captured Akhmat fighter says he chose Ukraine and a drone guided him away from Russia’s ranks

A former fighter from the Akhmat forces, armed formations loyal to Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed ruler Ramzan Kadyrov, said he wants to fight for Ukraine after nearly a year in captivity. Identified only as Magomed, he gave his account to Dmytro Karpenko, a Ukrainian journalist and blogger known for interviewing Russian prisoners of war, in a video published on 9 August 2026. Militarnyi, a Ukrainian military news outlet, reported on the interview on…