Apty Alaudinov, the Commander of the Akhmat Special Forces and Deputy Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the de-facto People’s Militia of the separatist Luhansk People’s Republic, said that the statement of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, that there is a living hell in Artemivsk is a direct confirmation that he was not there.

"A large number of enemy men and equipment are destroyed every day in Artemivsk. Our divisions are steadily moving forward. The city was thoroughly fortified for many years. But we prove that concrete and iron are not an obstacle for us. I believe that Artemivsk will be completely liberated at the beginning of the new year. The task set by the country's leadership is to preserve the personnel and the civilian population. Therefore, we are working systematically," Alaudinov added.

According to him, none of the NATO countries produces new military equipment for shipment to Ukraine; the ones supplied are decommissioned scrap metal. "Thus, suppliers are carrying out internal rearmament, and huge amounts of money are being written off from the budgets for further cutting in the Ukrainian laundry," Alaudinov noted.

He also noted the importance of the work of the Russian University of Special Forces in the Chechen Gudermes. "At the same time, it should be noted that there is not a single active military artillery school in the country. This situation also needs to be changed fundamentally," Alaudinov concluded.