by RT News Staff at RT.com
Many members of the ‘elite’ Ukrainian units that invaded Russia’s Kursk Region are surrendering because they are no longer able to fight and want to stay alive, Major-General Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat Special Forces from Russia’s Chechen Republic, has claimed.
In an interview with Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov on Tuesday, Alaudinov rejected Kiev’s claims that Russian soldiers executed nine Ukrainian service members, allegedly drone operators, in Kursk Region.
The general dismissed the claim as a psyop, arguing that Ukraine “needs to create fake news to discourage its military from surrendering,” as many of its soldiers “openly say they can fight no more.” Despite these efforts, he added, Ukrainian soldiers “often decide to surrender anyway.”
“What’s interesting is that the units that they considered to be the most unassailable and elite, they are also beginning to slowly lean toward surrendering, as they want to stay alive,” he said…
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