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So I think just before we get into whether this fucking psychopath is alive or dead or somewhere

in between, injured possibly, just give everybody a little reminder.

Who is this guy known as the Dombas Lunatic?

Yeah, or the Dombas hero for some other people.

Well, we're talking about Alexei Milchakoff.

Hope I didn't butcher that name.

Apparently, he has a third name called Yurevich,

as if there are not enough Uris,

you know, enough Russians called Uri's.

To understand more how he reached such a point of,

let's say, military community popularity where people

or certain groups request his services, we should start by looking into his early childhood,

like early existence. Because based on a lot of factors, including his own family and his

younger side political activism gives us a pretty good image how he reached such a point.

Not like a justification, of course, but just to make a broader image of this individual, if this makes sense.

Okay, so let's start with the basics.

This guy was, of course, a Russian national, born in Leningrad in 1991.

The thing is, more people could argue that his military career was influenced by his father, but in this case, his father was indeed in the military community.

He was a naval officer, but he was raised by a single mother.

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