Moscow (EFE) month.
“The personnel of the Zapad (West)-Ajmat battalion of the Russian Defense Ministry already this week began the service of protecting the Russian state border and the fight against Ukrainian sabotage groups, as well as preventing their penetration into the territory of the Belgorod region,” he said on his Telegram channel.
Two of his trusted men, a deputy of the Russian Duma (Lower House) who was presumed dead or at least wounded this week in Ukraine, Adam Delimjanov, and the head of the Ministry of the Interior in a district of Chechnya, Rustám Aguev , they have already moved to Belgorod to organize the device, Kadyrov said.
The Chechen leader noted that Akhmat fighters are strengthening the checkpoint at Nekhoteevka and have taken over the Kazinka border point, which was recently attacked by members of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom for Russia Legion.
“Now the border is closed to bandits,” Kadyrov said.
inexperienced recruits
The Belgorod publication “Pepel” noted, however, that volunteers from Kadyrov’s Akhmat regiment occupy not the first line, but “at best the third to fifth echelon of defense”.
According to the independent media Meduza, declared an “undesirable” organization in Russia, it is the Russian recruits who are in the first two lines of defense very close to the border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged last Tuesday in a meeting with military correspondents and bloggers that recruits were involved in the battles in the Belgorod region, outraging many citizens who question how protection of the border to inexperienced young boys.
That same day, Delimjanov met with the governor of Belgorod, Viacheslav Gladkov, representatives of the Ministry of Defense and with the leadership of the regional department of the Russian Guard to define the protection of the border on Kadyrov’s orders.
The Chechen leader assured that “residents of the territories adjacent to the border with Ukraine can rest easy.”
“Guys from the Zapad-Ajmat battalion of the Ministry of Defense, together with other units and services of the Russian Federation, will take care of your security. Whoever invades our borders will receive an ultra-fast response!” he emphasized.