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War in Ukraine
Putin’s iron-fisted Chechen ruler said he wants Ukrainian POWs to be used as human shields. He called President Zelensky a “goat-devil” and said captives looked like they had been living in a resort.
Dec. 6
War in Ukraine
Baker Sergo Gornakashvili grew up near Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, haunted by echoes of the wars in nearby Chechnya, before trading his apron for a rifle and dying on Ukraine’s front line.
Dec. 5
Chechnya
Security forces in Chechnya carried out the raids throughout the Grozny area, detaining men for minor infractions who were offered the choice of prison or going to the war in Ukraine.
Nov. 7
Chechnya
The Chechen leader has claimed that the only casualties from Tuesday’s drone attack on the Special Forces University in Chechnya were Ukrainian prisoners being held there.
Oct. 31
Drones
Ukrainian intelligence sources confirmed the drone attack on the Special Forces University in Chechnya, suggesting Dagestanis who are in conflict with Kadyrov’s forces were behind it.
Oct. 29
Moscow
A member of Russia’s National Guard was killed in an attack on a military vehicle on Thursday on the outskirts of the Chechen capital in the mountainous North Caucasus.
Oct. 26
Chechnya
After Russian troops leveled much of Ukraine’s formerly besieged Mariupol, what remained of the industrial city are now war trophies for Chechen groups affiliated with the enclave’s elites.
Oct. 24
Putin
Putin’s fixation with keeping the Arab and Islamic World onside as his full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary means he now needs Kadyrov more than the other way around.
Oct. 12
Europe
Trump told prospective Georgia voters the US is getting taken for a ride but European support to Ukraine outmatches the US by practically all metrics.
Sep. 25
Chechnya
A YouTube video posted on Friday shows the Russian aligned troops racing two armed e-vehicles around what they claim is an area of the combat zone, along with two conventional pick-ups.
Sep. 22
Chechnya
Kadyrov said he received the vehicle from Musk, a claim that the Tesla owner called a lie on his social media platform X.
Sep. 20
Chechnya
A Kyiv Post journalist spoke with Russian conscripts and Chechens, learning details about the orders from the Russian military command and the POW's speculations about the events in the Kursk region.
Sep. 19
Russia
Surprised by the Kursk incursion last month, Russia's top brass rarely mention it in public. Filling this gap is Alaudinov, apparently speaking from the combat zone.
Sep. 12
Putin
Footage posted by RIA Novosti news agency and Kadyrov showed Putin shaking hands with Kadyrov and other officials after alighting from his helicopter in the main city of Grozny.
Aug. 21
Zelensky
Chechen militants looted cell phones from a village store in the Kursk region, smashing display cases and taking equipment, ahead of Ukraine’s advancing forces.
Aug. 19
Kremlin
More than a week after Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region began Kyiv Post takes stock on where we are.
Aug. 16
Putin’s iron-fisted Chechen ruler said he wants Ukrainian POWs to be used as human shields. He called President Zelensky a “goat-devil” and said captives looked like they had been living in a resort.
Dec. 6