Apti Alaudinov
Apti Alaudinov is a Russian military figure of Chechen origin who holds the rank of major general. He commands the Akhmat special unit operating within Russia's Ministry of Defence and serves as deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces. He has been directly involved in combat operations in Ukraine, including in the Kursk region.
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Russian drone strike on passenger bus in Nikopol kills five, Zelenskyy calls it an atrocity
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine's Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the morning of 16 September, killing five people and wounding at least seven, according to the regional military administration. All five died at the scene and the injured are receiving medical care. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the strike as an atrocity with no military rationale, and Dnipropetrovsk regional council chairman Mykola Lukaschuk accused Russia of deliberately targeting a minibus carrying civilians on their daily routes.