“The servicemen of the Zapad-Akhmat and Vostok-Akhmat battalions together with their experienced commanders have joined the huge number of allied troops in Donbass. They possess modern equipment and advanced armaments,” he wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.

Kadyrov praised the fighting spirit of the Chechen special units, expressed confidence in their success and wished them the best in their mission.

Earlier, the Chechen leader reported that his republic would form four new battalions in order to assist the servicemen of the Russian Defense Ministry. On June 28, he reported that the first one of them, the Zapad-Akhmat battalion, had been formed led by Ismail Aguyev who had already distinguished himself during Russia’s special operation in Donbass, TASS reports.

“It is difficult to determine the exact numbers of the adversary on such a large territory, several brigades and a lot of tanks are being redeployed. The reserves from the Chechen Republic have also been redeployed to the entire Donbass direction, currently it is <…> over 10,000 of our troops,” he said.

According to the commander, daily fierce battles are underway in the direction of Soledar as well. “The adversary is trying to push from all sides. Every day, we eliminate the utmost possible numbers of the adversaries and their equipment. I would like to note that the courage of our soldiers, of the soldiers of the LPR’s Second Corps produces a very serious result, and, as far as I understand, if we look at what serious forces the adversary is redeploying, they also take us seriously,” he added.

Earlier, he reported of entrenching in Soledar and eliminating a large amount of equipment of Ukraine’s armed forces.