The decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that same day regarding the change of leadership in Dagestan was published on the Kremlin website. Head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, has resigned, and Fyodor Shchukin has been appointed acting head.
A Chinese correspondent asked questions to the commander of "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov about the retreat and the capture of Chechens. He noted that only "TsIPSO" and "pro-Ukrainian" Telegram channels wrote about this, and his military is still holding the positions they occupied before the border breakthrough.
However, at the end of the interview, Alaudinov confirmed the information that five residents of Chechnya were captured. He also said that "in the next two or three months this will end, and it will end not only in the Kursk direction, but completely, the entire SVO."
It is noteworthy that earlier the commander of "Akhmat" denied the capture of the unit's fighters by Ukrainian soldiers, despite the published videos with prisoners of war. Later, he had to admit this fact.