Both are called Andrey and are members of one of the most widely-known rebel units, the Vostok battalion. As is common among fighters in Ukraine, they have their own noms de guerre - Royce and Stark.

He traveled to Donetsk later that year, joined the Donetsk People's Republic militia, and served in the "Vostok" battalion ...

TASS/. The Chechen Vostok-Akhmat battalion thwarted the Ukrainian army’s attempts to break through the defenses of Russian troops in the Zaporozhye area, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on ...