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Earlier this year, Aaron MacLean visited Ukraine, where he met with Georgian Legion commander Mamuka Mamulashvili. What happens when a boy goes to war at 14 years old? What does a lifetime of fighting Russians teach you about how they operate? And what lessons should the West be learning from war in Ukraine?
02:18 - Growing up in Soviet Georgia
03:53 - Russia's invasion of Abkhazia
07:59 - Capture and torture by Russian forces
10:24 - The First and Second Chechen Wars
13:49 - Killing a Russian soldier for the first time
17:32 - Force vs. diplomacy
18:14 - Georgia's wars with Russia
20:19 - The 2008 Russo-Georgian War
23:47 - Georgian support for Ukraine
24:39 - Mixed martial arts
29:53 - Founding the Georgian Legion
33:33 - The defense of Hostomel Airport
43:32 - How drones have transformed warfare
50:45 - Russian disinformation
52:27 - Why Ukraine will ultimately win
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