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 May 2. 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The total number of security forces sent from Chechnya does not include those who have withdrawn from the combat zone due to barracks, leave, or rotation.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 another 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.
A group of fighters has been sent from Grozny airport to the SVO zone; they will serve in the Akhmat special forces unit, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced today on his Telegram channel.
According to him, they have all completed training at the Russian Special Forces University, learning skills in all types of small arms, tactical medicine, engineering training, close combat, and unmanned aerial systems.
As can be seen from the video attached to the publication, Magomed Daudov, Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic and Chief of the SVO Regional Operational Headquarters, delivered a farewell speech. The fighters held at least two Russian flags, two Soviet flags, and three flags with portraits of Akhmat Kadyrov.
The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that at the end of January, Kadyrov spoke out against negotiations with Ukraine, declaring that he believed it was right to continue the special military operation "to the end." On February 5, he reported that 20 Chechen natives 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 in Gudermes, organized by Ramzan Kadyrov, where volunteers are trained for deployment to war zones and where the "Akhmat" special forces unit is based. The Caucasian Knot has prepared a report titled "What They Teach at the Putin Special Forces University in Chechnya".
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