From Teenage Soldier to Commander in Ukraine, with Mamuka Mamulashvili

Earlier this year, Aaron MacLean visited Ukraine, where he met with Georgian Legion commander Mamuka Mamulashvili. What happens when a boy goes to war at 14 years old? What does a lifetime of fighting Russians teach you about how they operate? And what lessons should the West be learning from war in Ukraine?

02:18 - Growing up in Soviet Georgia

03:53 - Russia's invasion of Abkhazia

07:59 - Capture and torture by Russian forces

10:24 - The First and Second Chechen Wars

13:49 - Killing a Russian soldier for the first time

17:32 - Force vs. diplomacy

18:14 - Georgia's wars with Russia

20:19 - The 2008 Russo-Georgian War

23:47 - Georgian support for Ukraine

24:39 - Mixed martial arts

29:53 - Founding the Georgian Legion

33:33 - The defense of Hostomel Airport

43:32 - How drones have transformed warfare

50:45 - Russian disinformation

52:27 - Why Ukraine will ultimately win

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