Irish thug fighting for Russia: I've won a medal

Traitor, 38, has killed 'numerous' Ukrainians

- BY MATT ROPER Senior Feature Writer

AN Irish thug who is fighting for Russia in Ukraine has bragged about being awarded a bravery medal by Moscow for “wiping out” Ukrainians.

Aiden Minnis, 38, left the UK to fight alongside Kremlin forces when Russia invaded the country in 2022.

He is one of two traitors, both former drug addicts and criminals, exposed in a Mirror investigation last year. They face jail for terror offences if they return home.

Minnis, who spent time in jail in the UK for a violent racist attack, initially worked as a sapper, laying mines and explosives in Luhansk, Ukraine.

He now claims he has joined the Russian motorised rifle regiment in the Kharkiv region, storming Ukrainian trenches and positions.

Earlier this month Minnis, who was granted a Russian passport last year, was awarded the Suvorov medal by the Russian Federation for courage “in defence of the Fatherland”.

He told us he won it for “wiping out numerous khokhols [a derogatory term for Ukrainians]. I hope I get many more for killing the fascists and eliminating the Nazi scourge”.

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