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Strongman Kadyrov says ‘thousand’ Chechen volunteers headed to Ukraine
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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (photo credit: AP/Mousa Sadulayev/File)
MOSCOW — A thousand Chechen volunteers are on their way to fight for Russia in Ukraine, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov says.
Kadyrov, whose security forces have been accused of numerous abuses, says on Telegram that one of his relatives, Apty Alaudinov, “is leading a thousand volunteers from the Chechen republic heading to take part in the special operation of denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine.”
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