Chechen politicians and military sharply criticized Prigozhin for not knowing what Akhmat is doing

State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov, speaker of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov and commander of the Akhmat special forces Apty Alaudinov sharply reacted to the words of the founder of the Wagner Private Military Company Yevgeny Prigozhin that he did not know the location of the Akhmat fighters and their capabilities. Representatives of the republic reminded the entrepreneur of his criticism of the Ministry of Defense. Deputy Adam Delimkhanov also proposed to resolve issues “face to face”.

The reason for the conflict was Mr. Prigozhin’s answer to the question of whether Akhmat’s forces were really capable of taking control of the Donetsk People’s Republic. He spoke about this the day before, May 31. “I can’t comment on where the Akhmatovites will be, I’m not immersed in these details, all units keep them a secret. This is a normal situation during the war,” the businessman explained in an audio commentary published by his press service in Telegram. He expressed confidence that “Akhmat” is able to take control of certain settlements, but they “do not have the task of freeing the entire DPR.” “And Kadyrov, as far as I understand, did not talk about this. They will be engaged in certain areas in which they will act. I don’t see any jokes here,” Mr. Prigogine added.

Mr. Delimkhanov was the first to pay attention to this. “I saw a statement by Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Telegram channel, in which he says that he does not understand the tasks, what the Akhmat unit is doing. Naturally, Zhenya, you do not understand and should not understand. The Akhmat subdivisions carry out all the tasks assigned by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. If you do not understand something, you can contact at any time. Specify the place and time, and we will explain what you do not understand. This time. Secondly, you have already become a blogger and shout to the whole world that we have problems and that there is no ammunition, and so on and so forth,” the deputy said in a video commentary in his Telegram channel.

Mr. Delimkhanov noted that it was also difficult for Akhmat at first, but the problems were resolved together with the Ministry of Defense and other structures. “Stop talking, screaming, yelling. Tell me where and when we’ll see you. As Ramzan Akhmatovich said, we will solve any issue face to face with you,” he added.

This was followed by a comment by Mr. Alaudinov. “It would not be so important if it were not for the attitude of Ramzan Akhmatovich to Yevgeny Prigozhin. Throughout the entire period of the SVO, Ramzan Akhmatovich personally told me that it was necessary to support the Wagner PMC and that Yevgeny Prigozhin was his brother. In turn, in my every public speech, I noted that the Wagner PMC is working, that this is a real combat unit. Although not always and not everyone liked it, but I strictly adhered to it, ”said the Akhmat commander in Telegram.

Mr. Alaudinov drew attention to the words of Mr. Prigozhin that “Ramzan Akhmatovich did not talk about the liberation of the entire Donetsk Republic.” “If we were transferred to the Donetsk direction, then I guarantee that the Akhmat special forces will do everything so that the Donetsk People’s Republic is liberated,” he wrote.

Mr. Daudov addressed Mr. Prigogine via Instagram (the social network belongs to Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). “In statements you always hint that someone needs to be shot … So I’ll tell you, for such statements … in World War II, in the Great Patriotic War, they would have been immediately put up against the wall,” the speaker of the Chechen parliament replied to the claims Mr. Prigozhin about the lack of ammunition.

Yevgeny Prigozhin criticized the Ministry of Defense against the background of the operation to take control of Bakhmut (Artemovsk). The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, suggested that the entrepreneur replace the Wagner units with Akhmat units. He sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin with such a proposal.