Kadyrov reported on the dispatch of a new group of fighters to the SVO zone.

A group of fighters who underwent training at the Russian Special Forces University has departed for the SVO zone from Grozny airport, reported Ramzan Kadyrov. The report was published against the backdrop of the campaign for the elections of the head of Chechnya, scheduled for September 18-20, in which Kadyrov is running for this position again.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on September 9, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported that more than 76,400 fighters have been sent from the republic to the zone of the special military operation.

Another group of fighters, including residents of Chechnya and other regions, has departed from Grozny airport to the zone of the special military operation (SVO). Before their departure, they underwent training at the Russian Special Forces University, Ramzan Kadyrov reported today on his Telegram channel.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that residents of Chechnya are being forcibly sent to Ukraine as punishment for alcohol use, drug use, and minor offenses. This information was once again confirmed by human rights activists in October 2025. It was also previously voiced by entrepreneur Aslanbek Akhmetkhanov, who indicated that sending offenders to the front is "a punishment like that."

Young people in Chechnya are being coerced into signing contracts with the Ministry of Defense, an administrator of a Telegram channel 1 that publishes testimonies of human rights violations in the republic, reported in July 2025. "Sometimes this is presented as a 'preventive detention.' A young man is detained for something minor: suspicion of drugs, disobedience, subscribing 'to the wrong public pages.' In the station, they start to 'work' - they promise to close the case if he signs a contract. Threats to the family, conversations with parents, and pressure through elders are used," he said.

On January 14, 2025, volunteers arriving in Chechnya to sign a military contract complained that they were kept locked up for weeks to send them to the combat zone instead of local residents who had paid to avoid service. According to human rights activists, coercion to sign contracts is practiced in Chechnya, and security forces can create an 'exchange fund' from incoming volunteers from other regions who will sign contracts instead of locals.