Noah Krieger, a Chechen-born lawmaker recently expelled from Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said he has joined the Russian military and published photos and footage of combat from Ukraine. Born Murad Dadayev, Krieger shared an Instagram update on Thursday, July 2, featuring combat footage marked with the location Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The update was accompanied by captions written in Russian, in which he said he visited the front and added that he “[would] not allow this internal evil and external enemy to destroy Russia.” “I’m not writing these lines from a distant office or using someone else’s voice. I came here personally, seeing with my own eyes what’s shown on television and what’s not mentioned in the news,” he wrote.
In a subsequent update on Saturday, he shared footage of himself taking part in an assault on motorcycles, with the location marked as Ukraine’s Kherson region.The update was accompanied by a poem written in Russian, in which he talked of honor and “[becoming] a wolf.”While it’s unclear when he joined the Russian military, he posted an update on June 11 in which he appeared in military attire adorned with Chechen insignia and carrying a rifle.That particular update was accompanied by a German caption.“Praise to the mighty warrior of God, honor to the noble warrior, purest hero of the people. For the German people and fatherland! God with us,” he wrote, concluding it with the flags of Germany and Russia.
