“The assistant to the Head of the Chechen Republic for the security bloc Apty Alaudinov, who is responsible for the Lugansk direction of the liberation of the independent republics of Donbass, reports that on May 2, the fighters of the Akhmat special unit, together with the second corps of the LPR people’s militia, under the command of Major General Esadula N. (call sign “Adler”) carried out a large-scale offensive along the entire front line, ”Kadyrov wrote in his Telegram.

He noted that the offensive went along the line from the Zarya plant to the settlement of Voevodovka.

According to him, the enemy was driven back a considerable distance.

The head of Chechnya added that the Ukrainian troops used artillery on their positions.

Earlier, Kadyrov said that the entire city of Popasnaya in the LPR "will soon be free", and the city Rada will serve the interests of the working class, and "not serve the Bandera people."