Date of event
25/02/2022
Details
Ramzan Kadyrov told journalists that 70,000 Chechen security service personnel were ready to deploy to Ukraine on a voluntary basis, but that no decision had yet been taken. His comments followed a 12,000-strong gathering of Chechen security service personnel in Groznyy.
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Significance
Kadyrov sought to demonstrate his capacity and willingness to support the war in Ukraine — but at this stage purely on a hypothetical level.