Cell phone footage published to TikTok (of course) captures two Chechen fighters with the Kadyrov Battalion under an immense volume of small arms and mortar fire. The thing is, the mortar rounds are all dialed in to exactly a few feet ahead of their position, and the volume of small arms fire is so ludicrously high that there's absolutely no way this isn't their buddies shooting at them for internet clout.

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