The commander of the special forces "Akhmat" accused "some leaders" of the Ministry of Defense of lying, which led to failures in the Kursk region

The commander of the special forces "Akhmat" accused "some leaders" of the Ministry of Defense of lying, which led to failures in the Kursk region

Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and commander of the Chechen special forces "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov in an interview with a military blogger… pic.twitter.com/5GViSqKxK5

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Deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and commander of the Chechen special forces "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov, in an interview with military blogger Semyon Pegov (Telegram channel WarGonzo), explained the military failure of the Russian army in the Kursk region by the fact that "some leaders of the Ministry of Defense" deceived so much that they "deceived themselves."

Quote : "The enemy was preparing for this action very seriously. Let's be honest. <…> We calculated all the pros and cons, were ready for everything. Then it turned out that some of the leaders of the Ministry of Defense, as I understand it, they deceived, deceived, deceived so much and it turned out that they deceived themselves," Alaudinov said.

• He also praised the Ukrainian Armed Forces for their good preparation and criticized “certain commanders.”
• Quote : "There were many accompanying factors that came together. The enemy calmly withdrew units from some areas where some commanders, as they say, were lying, and they were also transferred here and were preparing, while we, it turns out, were lying to ourselves. Not us, but some so-called commanders," he said.
• In addition, Alaudinov gave his forecast for the time of return of the territories captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, it will take weeks: "We will have to work hard in the coming weeks."

Context . Several major Z-bloggers also criticized the Defense Ministry leadership, and specifically the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the day before. The Rybar Telegram channel, which is close to the Defense Ministry, wrote that the military command did not pay attention to reports from the field about the impending attack by Ukrainian troops. And the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel wrote that Gerasimov was warned two weeks in advance about the preparation of the Ukrainian offensive by the Deputy Commander of the Leningrad Military District Esedulla Abachev, but the Chief of the General Staff did not believe him.

• Alaudinov himself found himself in the media spotlight the day before after he explained why the Chechen units defending the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Kursk region were unable to prevent the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to his version, the Ukrainian military passed by the Chechen strongholds.