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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🏴 @Rybar on "Virtual" Battalions on the Side of the AFU⚡️

Vladlen Tatarsky wonders where all the volunteer nationalist battalions formed by natives of the North #Caucasus and #Crimea are fighting. Indeed, is there any confirmation of their actual participation in combat operations in Ukraine at all?

🔻 Which formations are we talking about?

▪️ "Sheikh Mansur" Battalion:

Chechens from this battalion have been fighting in Ukraine for many years and took part in the genocide of the #Donbass population in 2014-2016.

It is they, together with the "Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion", that constitute the "North Caucasian backbone" actively supported in the Western press to foment separatism in the Russian regions in the Caucasus.

Their activities were noted in the #Kherson direction in November after the withdrawal of Russian troops to the left bank of the #Dnipro river.

At the same time, they did not actually take part in the battles, but played the role of the most common units of the thero-defence already after the withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces, taking up positions in the second echelon.

▪️ "Muslim Corps - Caucasus":

The volunteer corps as part of the "International Legion of Defence of Ukraine" was formed in May this year.

According to an official statement, it was created "at the request of Muslims living in Ukraine for the freedom of the Caucasian peoples from the oppression of the Russian authorities".

The main contingent consists of natives of the Caucasus, as well as some representatives of Turkic peoples - including Crimean Tatars and Azerbaijanis who took part in the fighting in #Donbass in 2014-2016.

The corps has a Telegram channel that periodically publishes photos from the alleged training of recruits, but their credibility is highly questionable, given that there is still no real evidence of their involvement in the conflict.

▪️ "Crimea" Battalion:

The unit was established in 2014 and mainly consists of Crimean Tatars who fled the peninsula. However, since its formation, there has been no information on the battalion's actual involvement in combat.

In February this year, Nariman Bilyalov (pseudonym Isa Akayev), the founder of the volunteer battalion, announced the reactivation of the battalion, which also included natives of the North Caucasus region.

Since its re-establishment the media have been reporting on the successes of the nationalist formation with some frequency. At the same time, the members of the "Crimea" Battalion" themselves complain about the low level of support from the Ukrainian authorities.

Apart from various interviews and publications on Telegram, there is also no real confirmation of the participation of the Crimean Tatar unit in battles. Back in April, we explained in detail that radical Islamists are nothing more than a tool of Ukrainian propaganda. Moreover, they are actively used to promote separatist ideas in the Russian Federation.

🩸 Despite the militant statements of the representatives of these battalions, most of them fight virtually. Their main purpose is informational influence on representatives of the Turkic and Caucasian peoples of #Russia.

And the prefix "battalion" does not reflect the real reality. In some cases the number of volunteer formations does not exceed a hundred men.

The "Sheikh Mansur" Battalion seems to be taking part in battles, but in the second echelon. Their main task is to broadcast a pretty picture of the "struggle against Russian power" to the population of the Caucasus.

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Join SITREP🔺Map Reports - Top Videos - Analysesот же батальон «Шейх Мансур» вроде бы участвует в боях, но во втором эшелоне. Их основная задача — трансляция красивой картинки «борьбы с российской властью» на население Кавказа.
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⚡️🇷🇺🏴⚔️ On the Attack of Militants in the North Caucasus - What is known by End of 23 Jun 2024⚡️

☦️ The celebration of one of the most revered Orthodox Holidays - Holy Trinity Day - was overshadowed also by a series of terrorist acts in the #Caucasus region.

🔹In the evening, militants staged a series of attacks in the Republic of #Dagestan. In #Derbent, shooting was opened in the area of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God Church and the building of the Kele-Numaz Synagogue was set on fire. In #Makhachkala, for example, at this time, unknown people fired at the DPS post, and then staged a series of attacks in the northwest of the city, including in the vicinity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryCathedral.

🔹According to the latest data from the MVD of the region, 9 people died, including 7 police officers, and another 25 were injured. In #Seti, the death of the priest of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God Church by the hands of terrorists is widely discussed.

🟡It is known about the liquidation of 2 militants, as well as the detention of 2 men on the beach of #Makhachkala. According to preliminary info, they may be connected to the attackers.

🔹In #Dagestan, at the current moment, the CTO regime is in effect. According to unconfirmed info, the law enforcement officers saw some still alive fighters in the area of ​​the Hayal Restaurant, near the Kele-Numaz Synagogue in #Derbent, and also in the vicinity of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God Cathedral in #Makhachkala. Various information about 40 hostages of militants in the school is being circulated in the Internet, but it is not confirmed by law enforcement officials.

🔹In neighboring #Abkhazia, more incidents occurred. Shooting was recorded at the border KPP Psou and in the Novo Afon district: 1 person was killed, 4 were wounded. According to one of the versions, the cause of the shooting was a conflict of business interests.

🔻Of course, you can call all this something from the level of conspiracy, but there are several moments in the attack on the North Caucasus, which point to a thorough and fairly good preparation of terrorists.

🟡The very 1st thing that comes to mind is time. It all started almost simultaneously, which indicates coordination of the groups’ actions either among themselves or through curators (which is most likely).

🟡The 2nd is the tactics of the militants, which the Archangel of Special Forces rightly drew attention to. The way they attacked police posts, the way they handled weapons and used surrounding objects for cover - ordinary bearded men are incapable of this.

🟡Well, the most important thing is that in today's events the key point is the date. That Ukrainian formations struck on Trinity Day, that militants of terrorist organisations attacked #Dagestan and #Abkhazia on the same day.

❗️Such a love of symbolism cannot be instilled in ordinary IS extremists (the latter attacked at any convenient moment, and did not plan everything for a certain date). One involuntarily recalls the terrorist attack in #Crocus, where external influence was also traced.

📌 In general, the attack on #Sevastopol and in the North Caucasus, apparently, is aimed at stressing the population. Do you remember how they beat the AFU with ATACMS before? Clearly target one target along one route with a salvo of missiles.

🟡There were no spontaneous missile launches at several different places where large numbers of people were present. What do we get at the end of the day? The people are tense and demand reprisals, no matter who. The main thing is that there is a culprit. And in the absence of such, the reason will be found in the neighbour.

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📜 RYBAR: 23 Jun 2024, 21:52 #new #ass

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