Akhmat special ops force is successfully attacking Ukrainian troops near the town of Maryinka, the Defense Ministry has said
Russian forces are conducting offensive operations against Ukrainian troops in the Donbass region outside of Donetsk, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the ministry announced that assault detachments of the Russian 5th motorized rifle brigade and an Akhmat special forces unit are successfully attacking Ukrainian troops near the town of Maryinka, around 30km west of the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The Akhmat unit is part of Russia’s National Guard and is based in the Chechen Republic. It was named after Akhmad Kadyrov, the region’s first president and father of its current leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.
The reports of successful attacks come after Kadyrov said on Tuesday that Chechen units would face combat in the DPR, adding that troops “are getting ready for assault action.”
The ministry also claimed that Ukraine had lost 200 soldiers in the Donetsk area, as well as three armored and 12 transport vehicles, one artillery piece, and two multiple launch rocket systems.
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