A mixed martial arts champion has joined Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
AMC Fight Nights middleweight titleholder Vladimir Mineev is reportedly stationed in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine that is currently occupied by Russian forces.
The news was announced by AMC Fight Nights president Kamil Ghadjiev, who noted that Mineev was taking part in a “humanitarian mission” and is now set to become a “full-fledged soldier” in the ongoing war.
In September 2022, the 32-year-old with a 16-1-1 MMA record, received a summons to appear at a military registration and enlistment office as part of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization order—the country’s first mobilization since World War II.