14:58, 22 January 2026

A new group of fighters flew from Grozny airport to the SVO zone.

A new group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University has departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone in Ukraine. Among them are also representatives from other regions.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Chechen authorities regularly report sending groups of fighters from the republic to the military operation zone in Ukraine. The head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, last reported this on January 4. 67,440 fighters have been sent from Chechnya to participate in the military operation in Ukraine, including 23,774 volunteers. There are 14,000 fighters in the combat zone, Chechen Prime Minister Magomed Daudov reported on January 12.

The total number of security forces deployed from Chechnya does not include those who have withdrawn from the combat zone, are in barracks, are on leave, or have left the combat zone as part of rotation. Since November 2022, Kadyrov has accompanied each report of the deployment of a new group with a call for volunteers to contact the Grozny mayor's office and regularly emphasize that the flow of volunteers is not decreasing and there are no problems recruiting them. He also regularly reports that many of the volunteers are residents of other regions of Russia.

A group of fighters has departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone in Ukraine, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced today. According to him, the group includes not only residents of Chechnya, but also representatives from other regions of Russia, many of whom are not deployed to the SVO zone for the first time.

Before deployment, candidates for service in the Russian Ministry of Defense's Akhmat special forces unit underwent intensive combat and tactical training at the Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Russian Special Forces University, where they "acquired the necessary skills for operating in difficult conditions," the head of Chechnya reported on his Telegram channel.

The Russian Special Forces University is a training center established by Ramzan Kadyrov in Gudermes, where volunteers are trained for deployment to the war zone 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".

Chechnya's Prime Minister, Magomed Daudov, while bidding farewell to the fighters, stated that, above all, this is a struggle for spiritual values, and therefore, this is "the greatest jihad, a holy war," according to a video attached to the publication.

As a reminder, Chechen authorities and religious leaders have repeatedly called the military operation in Ukraine a jihad and called on Muslims to join it. In particular, on October 25, 2022, Ramzan Kadyrov declared jihad against "satanic democracy," promising "not to defend, but only to attack."

On March 16, 2023, Kadyrov stated that residents of Chechnya should be ready to participate in a military operation in Ukraine as part of any unit, and that a reluctance to go there testifies to a lack of faith.

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