The commander of Russia's Chechen forces appeared on Russian state TV to argue that Russia is engaged in a "holy war" in Ukraine.
Apti Alaudinov, an aide to Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov and commander of the Akhmat special operations unit in Ukraine, according to TASS, made his comments to Russia-1 host Olga Skabeyeva on a recent segment, found and translated by Daily Beast columnist Julia Davis, creator of the Russian Media Monitor. Alaudinov, apparently returned from fighting in Ukraine, made a number of claims, calling upon Muslim-Christian unity in a conflict against the "satanic" West.
"Growing up, during all my youth, I've been preparing for this war we see today. This is the holy war our saints and elders spoke of," he began. "Everything that we see today … When I was reading Islamic
scriptures, and Christian scriptures, I studied the Bible, the Koran, and Torah … From all these scriptures, I know that we're facing the war against the devil's army, against the army of al-Dajjal, the Antichrist."
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