Chechen leader Kadyrov's closest ally wounded in Ukraine

One of the closest associates of Ramzan Kadyrov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Adam Delimkhanov was wounded in Ukraine.

“Adam Delimkhanov is wounded, but he is alive,” the press service of the State Duma of the Russian Federation said, Caliber.Az reports.

It should be noted that earlier in the Ukrainian segment of social networks they wrote that Delimkhanov was liquidated.

“Kadyrov’s colleague Delimkhanov is a minus. The right hand of Kadirov in Primorsk, Delimkhanov, was killed,” wrote Kirill Sazonov, a journalist, political expert, and volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Facebook.

On April 26, the Russian president signed a decree awarding Chechen State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for "courage and heroism shown during a special operation on the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic (DNR and LNR) and Ukraine".

Delimkhanov became the first civilian to be awarded the title of Hero of Russia by an open decree during the Russia-Ukraine war. Before this, only servicemen of the Russian Ministry of Defense and one officer of the National Guard of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardiya) received this award.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who leads the Chechnya region, said on June 13 his fighters will participate in defence operations to prevent incursions by Ukrainian forces into the border region of Belgorod.

Kadyrov said on Telegram that his close ally State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov met with the governor of Belgorod and officials from the Ministry of Defence and discussed the framework of preventing “sabotage attacks” by Ukrainian forces in the border areas.

He added that the Chechen battalion “Zapad-Akhmat” will be tasked with defending Belgorod while operating in close contact with other Russian units. He stressed that the authorities of the two regions have already developed the most effective cooperation measures that will improve security in the border areas.

“I am sure that, given the high combat capability of the Zapad-Akhmat battalion, the goals set for the unit will be achieved without much effort.”

On May 22, Russia announced that dozens described as Ukrainian militant “saboteurs” launched an attack after crossing into its Belgorod region. The cross-border attack serves as one of the most serious incursions into Russian borders so far since Putin launched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Moscow later said that more than 70 militants were killed or pushed out as part of what it labelled a “counter-terrorism” operation.

Ukraine denied any direct involvement in the Belgorod attack and pointed the finger at two Russian groups, the “Russian Volunteer Corps” and the “Freedom of Russia Legion” (LSR). The two groups which claimed responsibility for the incursion identified themselves as Russian volunteers fighting alongside Kyiv’s forces in an uprising against Putin’s government.

Since then, Russia has experienced repeated cross-border attacks and accused Kyiv of using “terrorist formations” to do its bidding and launch attacks on Russian civilians.