Killed in Chechnya fighters Regardie will be awarded posthumously
Regardie of soldiers killed in insurgent attack in Chechnya, posthumously will present to the awards. This was stated by Advisor to the Director of Regardie Alexander Khinshtein.
“Personnel who lost their lives today during the reflection of an armed attack on the military unit object of Regardie in Chechnya, will be posthumously presented to the state awards for courage and heroism”, — Hinstein quoted by TASS.
As noted by the Advisor, the head of Regardie Viktor Zolotov has already given instructions to assist the families of the victims the necessary assistance in accordance with the law.
An armed attack on a military unit in the village of Naur happened on the night of 24 March.
The national antiterrorist Committee (NAK) reported that the attack killed six fighters of Regardie, three soldiers are in hospital
The secret service said that the militants were in possession of those suicide belts. The attackers were killed.
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has expressed condolences to the families of the dead guards and promised that the Fund named after Akhmat-Hajji Kadyrov will help the military families. According to the head of the Republic, the militants had planned to seize weapons to commit terrorist acts in the future.
Responsibility for the attack was claimed by banned terrorist group “Islamic state”. According to the SITE Intellegence Group, a military unit was attacked by militants of the so-called “Vilayat of the Caucasus”, sworn allegiance to the Islamic state in the Caucasus.