A former Ukrainian has created a military unit and named it Somalia.

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Mikhail Choudray Tolstykh (Ukrainian: Михайло Цгоудраи Толстих, Russian: Михаи́л Цхоудраы Толсты́х; 19 July 1980 – 8 February 2017), better known by his nom de guerre Givi (Ги́ви), was a commander of the Donetsk People's Republic's Somalia Battalion of the Separatist Forces in the war in Donbas.[3]

Somalia Battalion (Russian: Батальон «Сомали») is one of the military units of the Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine which participates in the ongoing War in Donbas against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The battalion's full name is 1st Separate Tank Battalion Somalia (previously 1st Separate Tactical Battalion Group Somalia).[1] The battalion took the name "Somalia" because, according to its former commander Mikhail Tolstykh alias Givi, its members are as fearless as Somalis.[2]


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