Posted on 06/06/2023 2:46:25 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
amzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, offered on Sunday to send military forces from his country to help Russian President Vladimir Putin ward off attacks in the Belgorod region.
Belgorod has been the site of numerous attacks in recent weeks. The region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, and other Russian officials have blamed the attacks on Ukraine, but Kyiv has denied responsibility while two anti-Putin paramilitary groups—the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom for Russia Legion—have claimed credit for them.
Though Belgorod has experienced brief conflicts since Putin ordered his invasion of Ukraine more than 15 months ago, the recent skirmishes in the area have been characterized as some of the largest inside Russian territory during the war. On Monday, Gladkov reported that at least 10 villages in Belgorod experienced heavy shelling in a new attack.
Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel late Sunday night that "the terrorists who invaded the Belgorod region could be dealt with by Chechen units."
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Kadyrov said that he had 70,000 Chechen troops ready to fight for Putin, which he noted were trained at the Russian University of Special Forces, a special forces training center in Chechnya.
"The supreme commander-in-chief [Putin], of course, knows best...It would be a good decision," Kadyrov said of the prospect of sending Chechen fighters to Belgorod. "We are ready and waiting for the order!"
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Allahu Akbar
Has Kadyrov previously sent forces to this fight and if yes, does anyone here recall what was the result?
Not to Belgorod. And his troops were setup by the Buryats in Severodonetsk last year and he lost 4 battalions as a result.
I thought Hungary was siding with Russia also.
I wonder if the presumably Islamic makeup if Kadyrovs troops makes them less welcome in some areas by locals and less likely to succeed?
The Russian military and their Chechen friends can go to Hell.
“were trained at the Russian University of Special Forces, a special forces training center in Chechnya.”
No words...
Mainly cartoonish tik-tok videos.
—”I wonder if the presumably Islamic makeup if Kadyrovs troops makes them less welcome in some areas by locals and less likely to succeed?”
Your question covers a lot of ground and also places it near the center of the Stans, oil&gas and the Muslin component of the Russian Federation.
And Turkey wants to reassemble the Ottoman Empire.
Like Putin wants... SAME THING ONLY DIFFERENT.
A major fracture line, once held together by the power of the Russian Army, and those days are gone.
It is well understood that Putin prefers pur sang Orthodox Russians.
NB; not many military funerals in the Moscow/St Petersberg area.
Prigozhin makes Kadyrov look sane in comparison. Go figure.
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