Fighters from the 1st Battalion of Ukraine’s 108th Kodatska Territorial Defense Brigade detected and struck a unit of Kadyrov-aligned fighters advancing along a road toward Ukrainian positions, according to combat footage released by the brigade on December 23.
The video shows the group—identified as fighters from the Russian “Akhmat” unit—moving in a dense formation with little spacing between personnel, making them highly vulnerable to detection and fire.
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According to the brigade, Ukrainian forces coordinated closely with allied units, including drone operators and artillery crews from the Dnipro Battalion, to engage the target. The strike combined real-time aerial reconnaissance with precision artillery fire.
“In coordination with our ‘older brother’ and drone operators, the artillerymen of the Dnipro Battalion smashed the Akhmat unit to pieces. Despite losing a significant number of their associates, official Kadyrov sources continued to ‘sing’ praise to the ‘fearless highlanders’ who came to fight in Ukraine.
That night, the accurate fire of our artillery and UAV pilots became a cold shower for the hot heads of the Kadyrov fighters. Let the enemy tremble! Heroiam slava!” the brigade said in its statement.
The brigade added that infantry from the 1st Battalion initially detected the unit after it “turned the wrong way” and moved directly into a lethal engagement zone.
Earlier, a servicemember of Russia’s 270th Motor Rifle Regiment “Akhmat-Kavkaz” surrendered to Ukrainian troops in the Zaporizhzhia region after approaching the frontline unarmed and under the supervision of a Ukrainian drone.
