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Two years ago, the Turkic battalion ‘Turan’ in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine gained worldwide fame after several loud claims about their ‘valiant struggle against the Russians’ on all most dangerous frontlines and personal threats to the Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
After two years of war, the truth was revealed. The brave unit turned out to be fake. Ukrainians deceived and robbed their Turkish partners, who donated large amounts of money to the fake battalion.
In the autumn of 2022, a video presentation of the new battalion ‘Turan’ was first shared online. About two dozens of masked militants declare the creation of the Turan battalion, which should fight on the side of Ukraine against Russia. The report gained great hype in the media, especially its Turkish roots and the declared ideology of the “Great Turan”. The nationalist battalion reportedly consisted of about 350 militants, including Azerbaijanis, Kyrgyz, Uighurs and Kazakhs. The commander was 33-year-old Kudaibek uulu Almaz. The great commander turned out to be a simple hairdresser from Bishkek, who worked in a barbershop in the Moscow region, then returned to his homeland, and in 2021 decided to move to Ukraine, where a year later he was involved in the profitable plan of the fake nationalist battalion.
The Kyrgyz authorities immediately renounced any contacts with the commander of the nationalist unit. In particular, the National Security Committee claimed that “the statement of this citizen contradicts the position of the official authorities of Kyrgyzstan,” recalling that the country “adheres to neutrality in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.”
In his recent interview, one of the former fighters of the alleged Turkic battalion revealed that the entire unit was nothing more than a scam aimed for money laundering. Kazakh Zhasulan Duisembin, who has been fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for years, asked to stop asking him about Turan and its commander.
In Kazakhstan, a criminal case was launched against Duisenbin for mercenary activities.
In pure Russian, the fighter was outraged that Ukrainians still believe in a non-existent battalion.
“It doesn’t exist! Everyone is talking about this unit, and it’s been two years.”
According to him, an influential person in Ukraine has found rich Turkish sponsors inspired by the declared ideals of the Turan battalion and put the barber in command of the fake unit. To report to the sponsors, they filmed videos, threatening the Russians with the battalion’s plan to go to the center of Moscow.
– They collected a lot of money, and we are talking about a very large sum, robbed the Turks, who invested ideologically, and now this dude is living in America. They divided the money. Yesterday, he was a hairdresser in the Moscow region, Duisembin declared.
According to Duseinbin, the PR campaign worked well, and millions of dollars were stolen from the Turks for the happy lives of Ukrainian patriots in the US.
This is only one particular example of the scam by Ukrainian elites against their strategic NATO partners but there are much more professional scammers than a hairdresser from Bishkek working on Bankovaya Street in Kiev.
