Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said the volunteers had all completed training courses in Chechnya before being sent to Donbas.
that the volunteers had all completed training courses at the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya, where they"improved their tactical shooting skills and, in general, mastered the basics of military affairs."
"Worthy sons from different regions of Russia arrive in Grozny every day at the call of their hearts," he wrote."Together with Chechen volunteers, they go to fight against Satanists for the sake of people's well-being. And I am very glad that every day the contingent of those wishing to join the ranks of the detachments is steadily growing."switched its focus
in April to the Donbas, which is home to two self-proclaimed and Russian-backed separatist"republics." Months later, Russian forces do hold stretches of territory in eastern and southern Ukraine, but Putin still does not fully control the Donetsk and Luhansk regions located within Donbas, according to the Institute for the Study of War . Meanwhile, anin the Kharkiv region has chipped away at Russian-held territory in the east, potentially allowing Ukraine to edge closer to areas of Donbas that Russia does control.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov attends a ceremony to confer the"City of Military Glory" title to five Russian towns, at the Kremlin on June 22, 2015 in Moscow. According to Kadyrov, a new group of volunteers departed the Chechen capital of Grozny on Monday to go fight"Satanists" in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
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