Alaudinov said that the Akhmat fighters were 500-700 meters from the Wagner PMC

Some of the Akhmat units poisoned in Rostov-on-Don were 500-700 meters from the Wagner PMC fighters and were waiting for an order, says Apty Alaudinov, commander of the special unit. According to him, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense asked the fighters not to engage in clashes.

“We directly located in the Big Log and sent our scouts to scout all the points where the rebel units are deployed. In principle, we were ready for any outcome of events. They had full information about their whereabouts. We would have carried out the order that would have been given to us, ”said Mr. Alaudinov on the air of Rossiya 1 (TASS quote).

He claims that the special forces did not receive a command to engage in combat. “The leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which directly gave orders to us, asked us not to engage in clashes, because there is hope that this can all be resolved peacefully,” Apty Alaudinov added.

On the evening of June 23, the founder of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, began a “march of justice” to Moscow, and by the morning, PMC fighters occupied military facilities in Rostov-on-Don. To the city to “carry out a counter-terrorist operation against the participants in the rebellion” sent soldiers of the special forces “Akhmat” and the 78th motorized regiment of special purpose “North-Akhmat”. situation settled by the evening of June 24: PMC fighters left for field camps, Mr. Prigozhin himself went to Belarus. June 25 detachment “Akhmata” returned to the zone of military operations.

More about the rebellion – in the material “Kommersant” “Who is fate?”.

Laura Keffer