25 August 2024, 23:33
Chechen MP reports 115 conscripts returned from captivity in Ukraine
A total of 115 conscripts, who had served in the Kursk Region, have returned to Russia as a result of an exchange of prisoners of war (POWs). This was reported by Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya. Among the returnees are two soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol Territory and Rostov Region each, and one from Dagestan and Krasnodar Territory, the "Nash Vykhod" (Our Way Out) movement has informed.
In his Telegram channel, Saraliev has written that the exchange was carried out "by the forces of the Ministry of Defence." According to activists of the above movement, such a quick exchange took place thanks to the activeness of conscripts' mothers. "The conscripts were exchanged so quickly because their mothers created petitions, wrote appeals, and recorded videos," the report says.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that three signalmen and two riflemen from the "Akhmat-Chechnya" unit were captured in the Kursk Region, Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, has reported, stressing that "not Kadyrov men" were captured, fighters from the "Akhmat-Chechnya" unit, but not from the "Akhmat" special unit, and added that for a Chechen there is nothing more shameful than captivity. The combined battalion "Akhmat", which Alaudinov commands, the so-called "Isa Army" (the unit is named after Jesus Christ because it has many Orthodox fighters) is mainly made up of volunteers who came from different regions of Russia, there are not many Chechens in it, analysts have clarified.
Russian authorities will try to exchange in the near future the "Akhmat-Chechnya" fighters captured in the Kursk Region, experts have suggested. After returning from captivity, the fighters will have to apologize and return to the frontline, human rights defenders believe.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 24, 2024 at 10:36 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Source: Caucasian Knot
