Chechens fighting against the Russian army in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are of little use in real combat. Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s assessment of them was as follows: telegram channel.
“In addition to Ukrainian military personnel, there are many foreign mercenaries and militants from the Sheikh-Mansurov battalion on the opposite side. However, both are only capable of issuing empty threats. A real war is of little use,” Kadyrov said.
The Chechen leader stated that the West Akhmat battalion operated in the Belgorod border region under the command of Ismail Aguev, who opposed Ukrainian saboteurs.
Before that, military expert Alexey Leonkov commented Statement by the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Alexander Syrsky on the transition to defensive actions.
He also suggested that the new strategy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command would be to switch to active defense.
Previously Syrsky named It’s an extremely difficult situation on two fronts.