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On his Telegram account, Kadyrov said one of his colleagues, Apti Alaudinov, is "head 1.000 volunteers from the Chechen Republic" who are "on their way to participate in the special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine."
The Chechen leader had said on Monday that he was in Ukraine alongside Russian forces at an occupied airport near Kiev.
This information could not be verified by independent sources and has been disputed by Ukrainian officials.
Kadyrov, who is denounced by international NGOs for serious human rights abuses in Chechnya, a protégé of President Vladimir Putin, has a militia under his command.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, images circulated on social media sites showing a square in Grozny, the Chechen capital, full of soldiers saying they were departing for Ukraine.
Ramzan Kadyrov, who rules Chechnya with an iron fist, is considered completely loyal to the Kremlin and has under his command a military group known as the "Kadyrovtsy", which has been accused of many atrocities in Chechnya.
Source: skai.gr
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