A fighter with call sign Killer was killed in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine, commander of Akhmat unit of special forces, Major General Apti Alaudinov said.
Alaudinov, an associate of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, called the deceased a "dear brother" and noted that the serviceman was the best strike fighter of all those he knew.
Alaudinov posted an archive video with Killer on his Telegram channel. The video shows the serviceman in uniform with a weapon in his hands driving along a dirt road in an armored vehicle, presumably in the zone of the special military operation.
Apti Alaudinov did not clarify when Killer was annihilated, nor did he specify any circumstances of his death.
On October 10, Major General Apti Alaudinov also said that the Russian troops occupied several strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.
According to him, the Russian army inflicted serious damage on the enemy in the Sudzha direction.
Earlier, Alaudinov said that during the invasion of the Kursk region, the Ukrainian army used more than 200 tanks and over 400 armoured vehicles.