7/ "There was no preparation, no coordination. [In the unit] all Russians were treated with prejudice by the Chechens: give and take, clean up, bring. I didn't see a single Chechen near or in front of me in these positions. They take care of their own.
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Sergei Medvednik’s short stint with Akhmat: recruited for guarding, captured within a week.
5/ Sergei Medvednik volunteered for Akhmat after being recruited by a Chechen friend who said he was earning good money guarding the unit's commander, well away from the front line. He traveled to occupied Donetsk to sign a contract on 6 July. He was captured only a week later.
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Medvednik unit member on Ukraine mission
6/ Medvednik says only 6 of the 51 members of his unit were Chechens. They were sent to the front line "with the task of sitting down and keeping a low profile … 200 metres [from Ukrainian positions]." He says that he "did not understand the meaning of the mission."
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Chechen battalions mostly composed of non-Chechen volunteers from across Russia
3/ In practice, reports Kavkaz.Realii, the battalions only have an "extremely small proportion" of Chechens. The rest are volunteers from across Russia. According to one member, only 5 men in his 23-strong platoon were Chechens – the others were all of different ethnicities.
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Chechen fighters reportedly mistreat non-Chechen POWs, favoring their own
4/ Battalion members taken prisoner by the Ukrainians say that the Chechens "take care of their own", treat the non-Chechens badly, and only send units with large numbers of non-Chechens into front-line fighting.
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Akhmat Chechen Groupings Announced in June 2022 by Kadyrov
2/ Akhmat's creation was announced in June 2022 by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, with four groupings: "North Akhmat", "South-Akhmat", "West-Akhmat," and "East-Akhmat". They were originally supposed to be staffed exclusively by ethnic Chechens.
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Warning of attempted theft of military data via fake Kropyva form
ATTENTION! The command of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warns that the enemy is trying to obtain personal data of military personnel through an alleged requirement from the developers of the Kropyva software to fill out a Google form.
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Odesa National Guard unit combat work
Кадри бойової роботи одеського підрозділу #Нацгвардії.
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Головна задача – швидке висування на позиції та нанесення вогневого ураження противнику💥 pic.twitter.com/GoRJmdvPJiКадри бойової роботи одеського підрозділу #Нацгвардії. Головна задача – швидке висування на позиції та нанесення вогневого ураження противнику
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Russian Telegram channels report mortar shelling of Lomakivka, Bryansk region
Russian Telegram channels report mortar shelling of the village of Lomakivka, Bryansk region. Ukraine's military leadership has not yet commented on the situation
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Russian shelling injures 4, hits grain terminal in Kherson
Russian shelling injures 4 civilians in Kherson Oblast over past day. Russian forces shelled a grain terminal in the Beryslav area in Kherson Oblast overnight on July 28, local authorities reported.