🇬🇧 Last month, we took five more antiauthoritarian fighters under our care, and we’d like to introduce them to you.

Khaos (Chaos) is an anarchist and activist, formerly a member of Lviv’s Avtonomnyi Opir (Autonomous Resistance, AO) movement. He hails from the currently occupied city of Enerhodar and now serves in the 108th TRO Brigade in the Zaporizhzhia sector. Here’s what Khaos shared about himself:

"For me, everything started with music — punk rock and hardcore, specifically the community surrounding it. There, I found friends, people who supported me and whom I could rely on. I learned a lot, began participating in various actions, and got into political graffiti.
In Lviv, I joined AO, where we worked across multiple areas: animal protection actions, solidarity campaigns, protests against illegitimate construction, various pickets, and organized sports events. For a while, I trained newcomers in boxing at Sport Complex Citadel. The group was full of incredible activists who gave everything for the cause. Everyone knew we shared the same goal. I’m proud to have been part of it. Among the members were veterans, most of whom are now fighting.

Before signing a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, I worked as a cook and sous chef in various restaurants. I was making my own tofu, trying to launch its production, doing graffiti, and gradually starting to tattoo. Now, I’m serving with the 108th TRO Brigade in the Zaporizhzhia sector as part of the Rubak (Slayer) FPV crew. There’s a ton of work, and we operate very close to the contact line. Our brigade includes many locals from the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Like many others, my home is occupied, so we’re all deeply motivated to liberate our land from the imperial invaders as soon as possible. Despite our differences, the mutual support among fighters is invaluable.

Many of our needs are met by volunteer organizations (a huge thanks to everyone who supports them!) or are covered out-of-pocket by the soldiers themselves. I’ve come to believe that the contrast between civilian and military life pushes people to appreciate the importance of self-organization and brotherhood/sisterhood.

In terms of politics, I’ve always identified as an anarchist, but I’ve never been rigid about labels. What matters is the essence of the idea. I’ve also come to understand that society won’t change right here and now. Certain transformations and actions aimed at restructuring and accepting the new should pave the way, and that’s okay. I see in our people a natural yearning for freedom. Even if everyone calls it something different or expresses it in their own way, when difficult times come, basically people are looking for something that can unite us, not the other way around.”