Pro-ISIS Fighter In Ukraine Received UK Missiles And ‘SAS Training’

A pro-ISIS fighter in Ukraine, who came from a far-right hooligan background named Daniil Lyashuk, said he received missiles and "SAS training" from the UK.

A Belarusian criminal who was reported dead last month in Ukraine claimed to have received training from Britain’s Special Air Service.

He was also filmed in possession of UK-supplied rocket launchers, Declassified has found.

The man, Daniil Lyashuk, came from a far-right hooligan background until he converted to Islam and expressed support for jihadist groups like Islamic State, earning the nickname Mujahid (‘holy warrior’).

He led a pro-Ukraine militia despite a conviction from a Kyiv court for torturing detainees in the Donbas. 

Lyashuk made the claim about receiving SAS training on his official telegram channel on 27 March. The post has been viewed over 100,000 times. 

His death on the frontline near Bakhmut was reported five days later.

In the telegram post, he mocked a video of Belarusian “gobl...

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