Adam Delimkhanov (left) with Chechen field commander Ramzan Kadyrov Photo: east2west news
Right hand of Chechen field commander Ramzan Kadyrov, who was known for leading a strike force attacking gays, was wounded in a missile attack just south of Ukraine's main counter-offensive.
Adam Delimkhanov, a notorious member of the Russian parliament from Chechnya, was reportedly wounded in shelling of the city of Primorsk on the southern coast of Ukraine.
Zvezda, a Russian TV channel owned by the Ministry of Defense, confirmed that he had been wounded in what would be the most notorious casualty of the Russian invasion.
Mr. Delimkhanov, who previously posed among the war-torn remains of Mariupol at the end of a two-month siege to take it, has long been considered one of the most dangerous men in Chechnya.
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His taste for violence for the first time manifested itself in 2013 when he fought with another member of the Russian parliament.
His rival, Alexei Zhuravlev, admitted that at that time he had stopped fighting after the Chechen politician.” dropped a golden pistol on the floor.”
Members of a military unit led by Delimkhanov plotted to assassinate Boris Nemtsov, an opposition leader, at the Kremlin wall in 2015. These men were convicted by a Russian court, but the investigators never questioned Delimkhanov. He denied involvement.
Mr. Delimkhanov was also suspected of involvement in a spate of violent attacks and killings of gay people in Chechnya in 2018.
He publicly denounced gay people, but did not acknowledge any role in murders.
Putin awarded State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov the title of Hero of Russia.
Delimkhanov commands the Chechen forces that denazify Mariupol. pic.twitter.com/dzW2ZTQlbb
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In an unusual Telegram message on Wednesday, Kadyrov urged the Ukrainian government to share information about his missing ally, saying he has he «did not have the opportunity to directly contact Delimkhanov.»
“I ask Ukrainian intelligence to share information about where and what positions they struck so that I can find my dear brother,” he said, promising a “generous reward.”
Reports of injury and even death The 53-year-old Chechen official first appeared in Ukrainian media early Wednesday morning. Kirill Sazonov, a Ukrainian journalist who himself serves in the army of his country, wrote that a Chechen was allegedly killed in the city of Primorsk in the south of the Zaporozhye region.
Mr. Sazonov said Ukrainian intelligence had spotted a motorcade of SUVs in the area and fired on it with artillery, killing about 200 people, including Mr. Delimkhanov. These claims could not be independently verified.
Several Russian authorities attempted to downplay the messages.
Adam Delimkhanov is involved in numerous violent crimes. Photo: SPUTNIK
Before the opening of the session of the Russian parliament on Wednesday morning, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin assured that everything was in order with the Chechen politician.
“I just spoke to him: he is alive and well,” Volodin said. However, a senior Chechen commander confirmed that Mr. Delimkhanov was apparently missing.
“I received an order from Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov to find him at any cost and bring him back,” he said. division commander Apti Alaudinov. The Akhmat special forces unit wrote on its Telegram channel on social networks that it was redeploying all its troops and sending them in search of Delimkhanov.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin, told Russian news agencies On Wednesday, the Kremlin was “seriously concerned about the news,” but added that he did not know what exactly happened to Kadyrov’s right hand.
“Like everyone else, we are worried about the Hero of Russia,” he said, referring to the military award Mr. -on Delimkhanov, which he received after the siege of Mariupol.
«We hope to see an update on what happened soon.»
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