A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.
Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University departed from Grozny airport for the military operation zone.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Chechen authorities regularly report sending groups of troops from the republic to the combat zone in Ukraine. Ramzan Kadyrov published the latest such report on April 14. Chechnya has sent 70,520 fighters to fight in Ukraine, including 24,500 volunteers. 14,000 fighters are in the combat zone, the head of the republic's government, Magomed Daudov, announced on March 25.
The total number of security forces sent from Chechnya does not include those who have withdrawn from the combat zone due to barracks, leave, or rotation. Since November 2022, Kadyrov has accompanied each report of the deployment of a new group with a call for volunteers to contact the Grozny mayor's office and sign up, regularly emphasizing that the flow of volunteers is not decreasing and there are no problems recruiting them. He also regularly reports that many volunteers are residents of other regions of Russia.
Another flight departed from Grozny Airport for the Special Military Operations Zone, Ramzan Kadyrov announced today on his Telegram channel. According to him, each volunteer undergoes intensive training in combat and tactical skills at the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes.
Two of the group of fighters, whose names were not mentioned in the video, said that this is not their first time deployed to the military operation.
The head of the Chechen government, Magomed Daudov, traditionally saw the group off at the airport. The fighters lined up holding the Russian tricolor, at least two Soviet red flags, and several flags with portraits of Akhmat Kadyrov.
The Caucasian Knot also wrote that at the end of January, Kadyrov spoke out against negotiations with Ukraine, stating that he considered it right to continue the special military operation "to the end." On February 5, he reported that 20 natives of Chechnya had been returned from Ukrainian captivity, and journalists discovered a convicted child sexual abuser and a former official among the released "Akhmatovites."
The Russian Special Forces University is a training center organized by Ramzan Kadyrov in Gudermes, where volunteers are trained for deployment to war zones and where the "Akhmat" special forces are based. The Caucasian Knot prepared a report "What is taught at the Putin Special Forces University in Chechnya".
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