Members of the Russian mercenary company Wagner are transferred to the Akhmat special forces.
More specifically, Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special unit and deputy commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian armed forces, said that a significant number of fighters from Wagner's private company were transferred to the Akhmat special forces.
"Without fifty thousand people, without planes, tanks, helicopters, etc.! Without any of these, we achieved such a result that no other unit achieved. Many Wagner fighters were transferred to the Akhmat special forces. We don't keep it a secret," said the Russian.
He emphasized that despite the lack of many weapons, such as aircraft, tanks and helicopters, their unit has achieved many achievements. As a result, the spotlight was focused on them.
Alaudinov would not speak to the exact number of ex-Wagner fighters involved in the group's positions, and as a result the "significantly large number" transferred is unknown. So far it remains unknown whether we are talking about personnel of the unit or former prisoners who signed a contract with the private military company.
Moreover, Yevgeny Prigozhin's company itself has not publicly commented on anything so far.
What Are Akhmat's Special Powers?
The 141st Special Motorized Regiment, also known as the "Kadyrovites" and the Akhmat (from Akhmat Kadyrov) special forces unit, is seen by the West as a paramilitary organization in Chechnya, Russia, which essentially functions as a bodyguard for the head of the Chechen Republic .
The term "Kadyrovites" is used in Chechnya to refer to any armed Chechen man under the control of the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. Of course, legally the body is under the national guard of Russia.
The paramilitary organization was founded in 1999 by Akhmat Kadyrov, but after his assassination in 2004, his son, Ramzan Kadyrov, became head of state. In 2006, the Kandyrovites were legalized as a motorized regiment of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, receiving the designation 141st Motorized Regiment. When Kadyrov was elected president of Chechnya in 2007, the official main role of the unit was and is to protect the president.
To this day, the regiment's units are considered Kadyrov's private army, and have taken part in various wars, including the Second Chechen War, the North Caucasus Rebellion, the Syrian Civil War, and the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian War.
