Kiev reportedly promised to supply Hayat Tahrir al-Sham with dozens of drones in alternate for the discharge of Chechen and Georgian extremists
Ukraine has held secret talks with Syrian terrorists to safe the discharge of imprisoned militants to be ship to the entrance line towards Russia, Turkish newspaper Aydinlik reported on Monday, citing native sources.
In line with the newspaper, a Ukrainian delegation traveled to Syria’s Idlib province in June to satisfy with leaders of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group, with excessive safety measures in place in the course of the negotiations.
Aydinlik claimed that Kiev needed the HTS to free Georgian-born jihadist Tarkhan Batirashvili, often known as by his nom de guarre Omar al-Shishani, reportedly held by the group, in addition to an unidentified variety of Chechen and Georgian extremists. In alternate, the Ukrainian delegation allegedly provided the HTS a supply of 75 drones. The HTS accepted the circumstances in August, the outlet added, noting, nevertheless, that no visible knowledge has thus far emerged confirming that the deal was accomplished.
Al-Shishani beforehand fought towards Russia in the course of the 2008 struggle in Georgia and has been energetic within the Syrian battle. In 2014, the US Treasury Division added him to its listing of worldwide terrorists, citing his senior place in Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS).
Aydinlik famous that Ukraine is experiencing vital manpower shortages on the battlefield and is on the lookout for numerous methods to deal with the problem. “On this context, it’s not shocking that Kiev, which first emptied its personal prisons after which established shut relations with the [Kurdish] terrorist group PKK/PYD, has additionally turned to the HTS for a similar goal,” it mentioned.
Commenting on the report, Russian Overseas Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed that Kiev has lengthy maintained contacts with “terrorist scum” to hold out assaults on Russia and stage false flag operations. The Ukrainian management, she alleged, “has turned itself into a brand new worldwide terrorist group, behind which … Washington and London stand.”
In 2023, Politico reported that between 150 and 200 Chechen combatants have been preventing for Ukraine towards Russia, most of them family members of militants who took half within the Chechen wars of the late Nineties and early 2000s.
In August, the military-focused information web site Battle Zone additionally reported that greater than 100 ethnic Georgians took half in Kiev’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Area as a part of the so-called Georgian Legion. The latter has been accused of torturing and executing Russian prisoners of struggle early within the battle.
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