Evgeny Pervyshov, the former Mayor of Krasnodar and current MP of the State Duma of Russia, participates in the war against Ukraine as part of the 2nd army corps of the so-called people's militia of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic. Earlier, Apti Alaudinov, the Assistant to the head of Chechnya, was appointed to the post of Deputy Commander for Combat Operations in this unit.

Andrey Turchak, the Secretary of the General Council of the ruling United Russia party, published a video in which Pervyshov stands with Alaudinov; next to him is a State Duma deputy from the Chelyabinsk region, Oleg Kolesnikov, who went to fight. The Assistant to the head of Chechnya on the recording claims that the guys are on the front line and brought very powerful equipment to detect the enemy.

Earlier, Caucasus Watch reported that Apti Alaudinov said the confrontation between Russia and the NATO bloc in Ukraine is just beginning. "No one is going to conclude peace agreements with anyone. The West does not plan for it and will not allow it. The goal of the West is to send to Ukraine, if necessary, the entire NATO bloc (and this is about three million people), but to make sure that Russia ceases to exist as a state, as an island of love for God and true religion. This is only the beginning," Alaudinov said.