Ukrainian pressure on this front as the counterattack entered its fourth day, coinciding with sharp disagreements between the commander of the Wagner group and the Russian Ministry of Defense with his recent announcement that he had signed a contract with the group Chechen special forces, known as the “Ahmed Battalion”, a step that military experts have described as the first step towards an exit. “Wagner” of the equation on the ground, so will Ukraine benefit from this dispute?
Why did Prigogine refuse?
The clash of Russian military establishment leaders with Wagner Groups commander Yevgeny Prigozhin has reached its final stage, according to Alexander Artmatov, a Russian military analyst, after the Defense Ministry announced the implementation of his plan to control all the fighters in the front line.
Alexander Artmatov explains in his statements to “Sky News Arabia” several reasons for the refusal of the leader of the Wagner groups to sign the contract with the Ministry of Defense, which was signed instead by the Chechen “Brigade Ahmed”, which are as follows:
The contracts allow the Department of Defense to fully control all volunteer units under the contract. Military and armament instructions become subordinate to the Ministry of Defense only. People outside the army are not allowed to lead combat groups, and this is what Prigozhin strongly rejects.
Under the agreement with the Russian Defense Ministry, volunteer fighters will receive all the benefits and guarantees enjoyed by regular forces, including support for them and their families if they are injured or killed during operations. military in Ukraine, or elsewhere, of course.
And Alexander Artmatov adds that Wagner fundamentally rejects the term voluntary forces, because the ambition of this group is greater than that. After Bakhmut’s successes, Prigozhin sought an official military position and absolute leadership of his group in the field without coordination with the military command, and this is clear from the verbal attack that took place over the past few months between the two parts.
Last May, Prigozhin announced his willingness to hand over sites in the city of Bakhmut to Ahmed’s Chechen forces, following a dispute with the Russian Ministry of Defense, which did not provide him with arms and ammunition, as he described it.
What is the “Ahmed Brigade”?
Last June, during the months of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov announced his intention to form 4 special Chechen military battalions, namely (Ahmed North, Ahmed South, Ahmed East and Ahmed West).
It consisted of 10,000 troops and was led by General Apte Alaudinov. It is armed with the latest Russian weapons, including tanks, vehicles and missile platforms. All vehicles of the Chechen Ahmed forces bear the letter (Z) emblem. The only forces outside of Russia and Ukraine that are directly involved in the war.
Regarding the role of these battalions in the war in the coming days, Alexander Artamatov, a Russian military analyst, says that the past few weeks have seen a massive mobilization in the ranks of the Chechen forces, which have high combat effectiveness due to the intensity and directivity. training received from the Russian army for a long time.
Alexander Artmatov expected these battalions to achieve what is required of them more dynamically with the Ministry of Defense, unlike what happened with the “Wagner” forces.
Will Kiev benefit?
In light of the Russian decisions regarding volunteers on the battlefronts, Kyiv continues its counterattack for the fourth day on all fronts. Here, Naumkin Purvat, a specialist in international politics at Ukraine’s Tavrysky University, says the attack on his country is successful. far, especially on the Eastern Front.
And Naumkin Purvat added, during his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that the current strong differences between “Wagner” and the Russian defense have an impact on the ground, and the proof of this is the progress of the Ukrainian forces on this front. again and the successful penetration of the front lines.
Naumkin Purvat points out that the Russian Ministry of Defense has resorted to these Chechen forces, saying: “Moscow does not want a war in the full sense of the word, but rather wants a street war, so it tends to tame these groups and to direct them to drain Ukrainian forces and reduce Russian casualties.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed in his daily evening address that his country was “moving forward” with the counterattack it had been preparing for months, despite the “difficulty” of the fighting.
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