Yevgeny Pisarenko, the commander of Akhmat, a Chechen armed formation that is fighting on the Russian side, has been killed in combat in Donbas, Ednews reports, citing Ukrainska Pravda.
Dmitry Kulko, a Russian war correspondent, also reported the death of Pisarenko, aka Velikii ("The Great"), on his Telegram channel.
The date of Pisarenko’s death was not specified.
The Akhmat battalion has been participating in combat action in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.