Aleksandre Grigolashvili died in Lugansk on Dec. 19. He joined the Georgian army in 2007 and fought in Afghanistan and South Ossetia. Family members said he went to the Ukraine two months ago to fight for the pro-Kiev forces against pro-Russian militia.
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/71436
Lugansk was formerly called Voroshilovgrad. Pro-Russian forces declared the Lugansk People’s Republic last May and announced merger with the Donetsk People’s Republic.
That a former Georgian soldier went to Ukraine to fight against pro-Putin militia, after fighting Russians in South Ossetia and Taliban in Afghanistan, shows the problems of the area far exceed Ukraine and Russia.
Grigolashvili’s death is being used by political factions in Georgia, but that should not surprise anyone. Politicians are quite adept at using dead soldiers for political benefit.
Abu Omar al-Shishani, another former Georgian soldier, is a commander of ISIS in northern Syria. Although al-Shishani, as Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili (his Georgian birth name), fought Russia in the South Ossetia war, he now leads Chechens in ISIS.
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/68956
None of these wars is truly local. All forces have soldiers who have fought each other in other countries.
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