Date of event
30/05/2022
Details
Apti Alaudinov identified Chechen natives fighting in and for Ukraine as his “number one target, and we will search [for them] wherever they are.” He reported that the Akhmat special detachment was fighting in Severodonetsk and the surrounding area and proposed that members of the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion fighting there make themselves known. Analysts noted that this could be interpreted either as an invitation to fight or to meet in order to persuade pro-Ukrainian Chechens to defect.
Unit deployed
People deployed
Area
Severodonetsk and surrounding area, Luhansk Oblast
Significance
This could be the first reference to a variant of Spetsnaz Akhmat.