Missing in Ukraine

Aslan Ocherkhadzhiev, a Chechen-born Norwegian citizen and former separatist, arrived in Ukraine in 2022 as an instructor and commander of the 4th company of the Sheikh Mansur Battalion. He fought in Bakhmut and Chasov Yar, was wounded, and participated in the Kursk incursion. A criminal case was opened against him in December 2024 for terrorism and mercenarism.