Terrified Chechens flee to avoid Ukraine call-up as casualties mount

The Telegraph ^ | 28 May 2022

[MinorityRepublican]

Men in Chechnya are fleeing abroad to avoid being called up to fight in Ukraine, as casualties rise among the forces led by Ramzan Kadyrov, the tough-talking Chechen leader.

Residents of Chechnya, a republic in Russia’s south, told The Telegraph that the growing number of funerals for local fighters and the sight of badly injured young men are turning some people against the war.

One woman in Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, told of a funeral where there were four bodies.

“They were from the Kadyrov regiment, who fought in Ukraine,” she said. “I am very upset because I knew them.”

This apparent shift in support, even if only by a small minority of the Chechen population, is important because Kadyrov and his fighters – who swear personal loyalty to him and are known as Kadyrovsky – are key allies for Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.

The Kremlin has banned talk of war and instead uses the euphemism “special operation”.

The woman in Grozny said that dire economic conditions in Chechnya were pushing men into volunteering to fight in Ukraine.

[DannyTN]

I guess that’s one way of getting rid of undesirables in your own country. Start a war and send them all to the front.

[PIF]

All the Orc trolls are absent on the war threads - are they catatonic or are they in some FSB meeting to relaunch their negative campaigns with renewed vigor?

[MinorityRepublican]

It’s 9:48 PM in St. Petersburg, Russia. They’re off the clock.

[PIF]

It’s 9:48 PM in St. Petersburg, Russia. They’re off the clock.
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That’s disappointing - I would have thought they would have a night shift.

[Karl Spooner]

Great place for the Ukies to take a lunch break. The black smoke detonations are hyperbaric TOS 1 rounds.

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Zelensky: "Don't worry, men, I got reinforcements on the way"!

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[Chunga85]

My guess is most sensible people have abandoned wasting time arguing with dopes.

[Antioch]

“Terrified Chechens” what a masterful oxymoron from the Organs of Propaganda! There’s no bloody conscription drive in Chechnya, all this Ukrainian chaos and destruction is via Kadyrov’s one Police brigade which is composed of volunteers.

[MercyFlush]

Yet here you are. An insensible chinga.

[Brilliant]

They should fight on Ukraines side. If these neighboring nations stick together, Russia would be facing defeat.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

There are a small number of Jihadist Chechens fighting for Kiev. They flee whenever the Russia loyal Chechens (who outnumber them 200 to 1) are in the area.

[Svartalfiar]

Um, what is that supposed to be? You do realize those are two different races, and I don’t think they’re compatible...