​It is true that the Tajik army and generals arrived armed to the village Maksat (Factchecking)

Dated May 2 in the social YouTube network there was a video under the name “My free Tajikistan”. On shots, it is possible to see people armed with assault rifles and machine guns of military and the flag of Tajikistan.

Some users of the network declared that the district shown on the video belongs to the Kyrgyz village Maksat in the Leyleksky region of Batken region and this is real confirmation of the armed attack.

On video with the Tajik military the title “the village Maksat” is visible. In addition, the “Anarbay Ata” fuel filling station is visible also. According to the resident of the village “Maksat” Shaybek Abdurakhimov, the above-mentioned fuel filling station is located at the entry into the village and due to obsolete infrastructure is not used for a long time.

The general Mukhammadzoda Hurshed Izatullo also arrived with military men

Together with the Tajik military men the major — general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan Mukhammadzoda Hurshed Izatullo arrived also to the village «Maksat». On video it is possible to notice, how he shows frontier lands to the soldiers.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Mukhammadzoda Hurshed Izatullo works in law enforcement authorities since dated May 13, 1990. He was awarded with the governmental medals «Spitamen» and «Jasorat».

On video it is possible to see that near the general there are the soldiers armed with fighting firearms. One of such rifles was noticed on the military parade dated February 23 in Dushanbe.

It is noted that the above-mentioned sniper rifle can precisely hit a target from a distance of 1,500 meters and contains more than 40 bullets. Besides, it is clear that military men had also shells, and on one of cars the Tajik flag was mounted.

Dated May 3, the State Committee of national safety of the Kyrgyz Republic found some not blown up shells on the conflict place in the Batken region. It should be noted that the incident at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border began dated April 28 and developed later into the armed conflict. 36 citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic were lost as a result and 189 people got different wounds.

The result: it is impossible to detect when this video was made precisely. However, the fact is that the Tajik military men came to the village “Maksat” led by the general.