In 2007, Ramzan Kadyrov became the new President of the Chechen Republic and now controlled all Chechen Interior Ministry forces; the top seats of his government were occupied by the former Kadyrovite commanders.

Jun 6, 2022 · While the Chechens are taking part of the Ukraine invasion, they do not fall under the Russian military’s chain of command, said Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute. “The...

The Chechen Republic, commonly known as Chechnya, is a federal republic of Russia that has been noted in several roles during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kadyrovite forces have fought alongside the Russian forces, while several Chechen armed volunteer formations are fighting on the Ukrainian side.

On October 15, 2022, the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria were officially resurrected in Ukraine by the Government of Ichkeria in exile, with a center being on the units contributing to the Chechen involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such as Separate Special Purpose Battalion, [1] which has seen combat in Bakhmut and ...

Jun 28, 2023 · The Chechen leader sent North Akhmat to Rostov-on-Don to “restore order”. The unit commander also promised to obey all orders of the supreme commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, and that he and his fighters would lay down their …

Mar 2, 2022 · A team of elite Chechen commandos sent into Ukraine to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was "eliminated" by security forces, a top Kyiv defense official told national media.

Aug 18, 2022 · As a result of two vicious Chechen civil wars in the 1990s and now with the brutal rule of Kadyrov, a Chechen diaspora community across Europe and Turkey has been created. That has resulted in hundreds now ready to join the fight to defend Ukraine, and defeat their common enemy in Russia.

Nov 4, 2022 · They technically fall within the chain of command of the Rosgvardia, Russia’s national guard, but are not subject to the same conditions as their federal counterparts. Instead, they are commanded entirely by Kadyrov, who has offered to send them to fight Putin’s wars in Syria and Ukraine.

Mar 12, 2025 · Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has described the operation in the Kursk Region, carried out through an unused gas pipeline to attack Ukrainian troops in Sudzha from the rear, as daring and...

Jun 24, 2023 · Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, denounced the armed uprising of the PMC Wagner as a betrayal and declared that Chechen commandos were en route to the areas of tension. “What is happening is not an ultimatum to the Ministry of Defense,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.