Akhmat Special Forces commander Apti Alaudinov: “The Kursk operation was a plot by NATO powers”

Apti Alaudinov
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Ukraine's NATO-backed military began a large-scale surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region in early August, sending crack troops, mercenaries, PMC fighters and an array of Western equipment into the border region amid an accelerating Russian advance through the Donbass and flagging Western support.

Ukrainian forces' attempts to advance have been stopped across the entirety of Kursk region, with the enemy's main resources destroyed and Russian forces working to clear settlements of enemy forces, Akhmat Special Forces commander Apti Alaudinov has announced.

"It's worth nothing that from the moments our units entered... The first days we were busy stopping the enemy's main forces, and we succeeded. The enemy was completely stopped along the entire perimeter," Alaudinov said in an interview with Russian TV on Tuesday.

According to the commander, the destruction of Ukrainian forces' main resources, including their forward echelons, has "inflicted very heavy damage on the enemy. They lost a lot of equipment, tanks, armored vehicles and a lot of infantry."

"The destruction of the enemy continues, we are already clearing some populated areas. At the moment, work is underway to clear out a settlement. I think at the moment, we no longer have to worry that the enemy, no matter how many more resources he has, could pass in the area where we're situated," the commander said.

"They were stopped at a location that's not very advantageous to them... Even now they have begun to actively dig in. It will not be very favorable for them to even defend themselves, because we at the moment already control the supply, transportation – the enemy's logistics. And he is suffering huge losses on logistics routes daily, too," Alaudinov added.

According to the commander, foreign mercs involved in Ukraine's Kursk operation include servicemen of NATO countries.

"They added a huge number of foreign mercenaries, as many as could be mustered [to the Kursk operation, ed.]. I think that it should be noted that among these foreign mercenaries were people in the direct employ of NATO units," Alaudinov said.

Alaudinov is confident that the Kursk operation was a plot by NATO powers designed to distract Russia and cause it to stop its advance through other areas, and stressed that it has been accompanied by war crimes by enemy forces.

"The US and Britain led this operation... This breakthrough was meant to bring us to our knees and choke us. Unfortunately, it turned out that the enemy entered Russian territory, civilians died, shot by the enemy as if they were in a shooting gallery."

Late in the day Monday, Alaudinov reported receiving a large amount of photographic evidence of Russian civilians "shot point-blank, in the head, in the back of the head."

Expressing condolences to the relatives of victims, the commander vowed that they would be avenged.

Ukraine began a large-scale surprise offensive into Kursk region on the morning of August 6. On Monday, Russia's Defense Ministry reported that the enemy has lost up to 4130 troops and 58 tanks to date. The Russian military has deployed large scale ground formations, aircraft and drones in the area.

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