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Mikael Skillt is a Swedish sniper, with seven years' experience in the Swedish Army and the Swedish National Guard. He is currently fighting with the Azov Battalion, a pro-Ukrainian volunteer armed group in eastern Ukraine. He is known to be dangerous to the rebels: reportedly there is a bounty of nearly $7,000 (£4,090; 5,150 euros) on his head.
In a telephone conversation from an undisclosed location, Mr Skillt told me more about his duties: "I have at least three purposes in the Azov Battalion: I am a commander of a small reconnaissance unit, I am also a sniper, and sometimes I work as a special coordinator for clearing houses and going into civilian areas."
As to his political views, Mr Skillt prefers to call himself a nationalist, but in fact his views are typical of a neo-Nazi.
"It's all about how you see it," he says. "I would be an idiot if I said I did not want to see survival of white people. After World War Two, the victors wrote their history. They decided that it's always a bad thing to say I am white and I am proud."
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Shes a mom on a mission.
This assault-rifle-toting blonde patrolled the grounds outside an eastern Ukraine kindergarten Tuesday.
Looking more like the star of a playground action flick than a pro-Russia militant, this secessionista had no use for flak jackets or balaclavas as she flip-flopped her way across a hopscotch game strewn with smashed glass.
Instead, she stuck to the basic accessories: a rugged fanny pack, jeans worthy of the trendiest East Village brunch spot and an assault rifle clutched to her chest with perfectly manicured French tips.
http://nypost.com/2014/07/15/gun-toting-pro-russia-beauty-spotted-in-eastern-ukraine/
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)She is a "pro-Russia beauty," according to the never sensational New York Post, but nothing in the text suggests she is anything but Ukrainian. Unless I missed something.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)reorg
(3,317 posts)says Margarita Seidler, (allegedly) a German who emigrated 12 years ago to the Ukraine. She joined the "People's Republic", helps out as a nurse and now reports from Donetsk via YouTube:
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)David Dukkke has some buddies over there.