Kadyrov could "buy" prisoners of war for his exchange fund: in the media called the reason

Petro Yatsenko, a representative of the Ukrainian Coordination Staff, has already been told that there was a practice of redemption by Chechen units in an interview with prisoners of war in an interview with The Times. According to him, Ukrainian defenders who were captured are sent to the Terrible and held there in the basements until it is time to exchange for "their own". There are at least two confirmed cases that Chechnya is really trying to use Ukrainians in their favor.

Last year, two soldiers of the Armed Forces - Vyacheslav Levitsky and Sergei Pramata were exchanged from the thunderstorm. The first in an interview with the TV channel "Public" a few months ago said that he was captured by the Russians in the Avdiivka area. Then he was injured by enemy shelling and he lost consciousness. DNR servicemen kept Vyacheslav Levitsky for several days in the back, and then handed over to the "Kadyrivtsi".

There he already met with the second Ukrainian defender, who was sold in Chechnya. It was Sergei. The second prisoner mentioned in the TSN story that the DNR fighters kept him in the basement for a month for a month, where they were constantly beaten and threatened. After "moving" to Chechnya, he was set to care for Vyacheslav Levitsky. In total, 39 Ukrainian prisoners were in Grozny and only 9 of them returned to Ukraine during the exchange.

The Ukrainian serviceman Volodymyr Zhemchugov on the air "Kiev 24" also talked about the existence of such an exchange practice, which is attended by Chechen units. Moreover, "field exchanges" existed not only with parts of "Akhmat", but also with the Wagner PEC. After the death of Yevgeny Prigogine in August last year it stopped.

After a series of publications on the network, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that the information was not true, and there was no "black market" of prisoners of war in Chechnya or in Russia itself. He then wrote about the situation with Vyacheslav Levitsky in his Telegram-channel that the Ukrainian serviceman himself was captured and was allegedly grateful for the treatment and the decision to exchange.

At the same time, it was exchanged for the military not from Chechnya, but to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but no confirmation was provided. At the same time, indirect evidence that Ramzan Kadyrov has his own separate exchange fund has been on the network before. For example, earlier this year, he proposed to give some Ukrainian prisoners of war for the United States to relieve sanctions from his family.

He later added that it was "trolling", but where the prisoners came from his disposal - there was no explanation. The author of the Ukrainian Telegram-channel "Ishchi" Vladimir Zolkin and the commander of the Georgian Legion of the Georgian Legion Mamuk Mamukvili, who is fighting on the side of the Armed Forces, confirmed that captives "Kadyrivtsi" are usually expected more than fighters from other Russian units.

Ramzan Kadyrov probably has a special motive in this, which has already been told by the representative of the Ichkerian Movement "The Single Power", based in Europe, Sikhan Muzaev, reports "Caucasus. Realities". In this way, he wants to show his subordinates that they are "protected from all sides. " There is another reason why the head of Chechnya can "buy" Ukrainian prisoners of war - PR.

In the fall of 2022, Ramzan Kadyrov said that three Fighters of the Armed Forces were sent to the Grozny, who were allegedly "neutralized" by his children who were at the front at that time. They did it together with the fighters of the Wedding-Ahmat Battalion. "Kadyrov buys prisoners of Ukrainians to make advertising. Everything is well visible in the example of his sons who allegedly captured three prisoners - the calculation is clear: one for each.

All this is made from the Kremlin's approval, and there are interested in promoting Kadyrov, so that In the eyes of Muslims, he had a good look - hence his "special position", - says the former spokesman of the Chechen Volunteer Battalion named after Sheikh Mansour, who is fighting in the defense of Ukraine, Islam Belkyev. This is beneficial for the "Cadyrivs".