The head of the Ahmat Special Forces claims that Kiev elite troops will attack Russia before Trump-Putin summit


The commander of the Ahmat unit, General Apti Aladinov, during a meeting with the military personnel, March 15, 2025. Photo: Kommersant Photo Agency / DDP USA / Profimedia
The commander of the special AHMAT forces, Apti Aladinov, held in an interview for the Russian State Agency on Wednesday that Ukraine has concentrated elite units and foreign mercenaries on the border to launch an attack, in an attempt to disturb the negotiations between Russia and the US scheduled to take place on Friday.
General Lieutenant Alaudinov, who is a deputy head of the Main Directorate for the Political-Military of the Russian Defense Ministry and commander of the special AHMAT forces, told the Kremlin-controlled press that Ukrainian forces are ready to attack Russia, but does not know much.
“The information we have shows that these troops are ready to hit on a certain sector of the border. For now we cannot say with certainty that will be that sector, but we are talking about the forces for special operations of Ukraine, among the best trained and equipped units in service,” said Alaudinov, quoted by TASS.
According to him, these Kiev troops have been withdrawn from other sections of the front, supplemented with new effective, re -equipped and already dislocated in the targeted area. “There are a large number of foreign fighters on this sector,” said the special AHMAT commander.
Previously, the Russian Defense Ministry said that foreign journalists were brought to the Kharkov region under the pretext of carrying out reports, to cover possible “challenges”, notes the Russian independent publication, emphasizing that the institution did not present evidence.
The Moscow Defense Department claimed that the Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has brought to the city of Cuguiev in the Kharkov region, a group of foreign journalists under the pretext of making a series of reports on the lives of locals in the front area.
According to the scenario presented by Russian propaganda, just before the summit, the Ukrainian army intends to hit drones and rockets one of the dense populated neighborhoods or a medical unit, causing a large number of victims among civilians.
And the images would be immediately surprised by the western press on the spot, the officials from Moscow say.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has also stated, without specifying the source of information, that Ukraine plans to blame Moscow for this attack, in order to create “a negative media climate” and “the necessary conditions for blocking the negotiations”.
The Moscow Ministry added that such “challenges” could be organized in other localities under Kiev's control.




