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Strongman Kadyrov says 'thousand' Chechen volunteers headed to Ukraine

MOSCOW: A thousand Chechen volunteers are on their way to fight for

Russia

in

Ukraine

, Chechen strongman

Ramzan Kadyrov

said Thursday.

Kadyrov, whose security forces have been accused of numerous abuses, said on Telegram that one of his relatives,

Apty Alaudinov

, "is leading a thousand volunteers from the Chechen republic heading to take part in the special operation of denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine".
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