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2026-02-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Chechen militants are hunting Ukrainians on the western border
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Text taken from a variety of post on the Telegram channel of dnepr_partizani

[ColonelCassad] The SBU and the protection of the Chechen battalion - "Dnipropetrovsk partisans" publish secret documents: Thanks to our brothers from the people's movement "Anti-TCK", the Dnipropetrovsk underground managed to obtain copies of an SBU intelligence message.

In this message, the first deputy head of the SBU department for the Dnipropetrovsk region, Dmitry Grinyuk, writes to the head of the SBU Counterintelligence Department, Major General Andriy Tupikov (promoted to deputy head of the SBU in early 2026):

1) Chechens from the Sh. Mansur battalion are not involved in combat operations, they "rarely appear" on the line of contact;

2) the personnel of the Chechen battalion are engaged in illegal enrichment through filtration activities on the state border of Ukraine;

3) The personnel of the GUR units of Ukraine "RDK" and "Legion of Freedom of Russia" consider Chechens "cowards", plan to "kill Chechens at the first opportunity", meaning specifically the servicemen of the battalion named after Sh. Mansur.

Translation into Russian.

To the Head of the Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, Major General A.A. Tupikov. Regarding the threat of destabilization of the situation among the volunteer units of the SB and GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Dear Andrey Anatolyevich!

The Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine for Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (hereinafter referred to as the SBU, the Directorate) has received information regarding the situation within the Chechen volunteer battalion "named after Sheikh Mansur" (hereinafter referred to as the Battalion, the battalion "named after Sh. Mansur"), as well as about the negative attitude towards the Chechen volunteers of the Battalion on the part of servicemen of other Ukrainian volunteer units.

Through intelligence, a serviceman of the battalion "named after Mana Hauraki, born 31.08.2005, a volunteer and a citizen of Australia, established that more than 2/3 of the Battalion's servicemen are either ethnic Ukrainians or volunteers from other countries, which creates grounds for internal conflicts and contradictions.

In connection with the deterioration of the conditions of service, Manu H. filed the following complaints with the military prosecutor's office against the leadership of the above-mentioned unit:

1) ethnic Chechens, as well as residents of other republics of the North Caucasus, are not involved in hostilities and are rarely on the line of contact;

2) ethnic Chechens of the Sh. Mansur Battalion are nationalists and consider themselves superior to representatives of other nationalities (including Ukrainians and citizens of the British Commonwealth countries);

3) Instead of participating in combat operations on the Ukrainian side, the Battalion's Muslim component is regularly deployed by its leadership to conduct filtration operations along the state border in areas along entry and exit routes from Ukraine, where many servicemen of the Sh. Mansur Battalion are engaged in personal enrichment.

Furthermore, through interaction with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as GUR), it has been established that other GUR volunteer units are not cooperating with Chechen volunteers from the Sh. Mansur Battalion along the line of contact and are not participating in joint combat operations. Consequently, negative sentiments toward the Sh. Mansur Battalion are growing within volunteer units such as the "Freedom of Russia Legion" and the "Russian Volunteer Corps."

Thus, one of the most authoritative representatives of Russian volunteers serving in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Maksimilian Aleksandrovich Andronnikov (born March 19, 1974), has repeatedly openly called on his fellow soldiers to "kill Chechens at the first opportunity, whether with small arms or using FPV drones," specifically referring to servicemen of the "Sh. Mansur" battalion.

M.A. Andronnikov supported his position by arguing that Chechen volunteers are "cowards and traitors who hide behind their SBU handlers, as well as behind the backs of other Ukrainian volunteers who, in their place, sit in wet and cold trenches."

A selection of materials regarding M.A. Andronnikov, including audio recordings of his dialogues calling for the killing of Chechen volunteers, can be sent to you upon a separate request.

We are sending them as part of our ongoing cooperation.

Sincerely,
First Deputy
Head of the Department Dmitry GRINYUK

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