Ramzan Kadyrov

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya, plotted to kidnap children from an orphanage near Kyiv, an adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry has ...

"This is the essence of Kadyrov's streak: kidnapping, torture, intimidation, and posturing for social networks. "We quickly got inside, but unfortunately, the children were not there," he said. Kadyrov spoke briefly toward the end of the clip, asking the distance from the orphanage to Kyiv. One of the soldiers explains why their operation did not go as planned. We did not perform a sweep of this village. We did not go in from the flanks, or conduct reconnaissance, but instead immediately, brazenly, and at speed, approached this orphanage," a mercenary told Kadyrov.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya and bloodthirsty stalwart of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has surfaced in Ukraine fighting alongside ...

In my understanding, the tactics chosen in Ukraine are too slow. It lasts a long time and, in my view, are not effective.” "We will show you that Russian practice teaches warfare better than foreign theory and the recommendations of military advisers."

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov responded to speculation that he had come in person to the battlefield by claiming that he was advancing on Kyiv.

He is the second figure to the left in the video still shown here, with a flag showing an image of his late father Akhmad Kadyrov, the former leader of Chechnya: Kadyrov, a top Putin loyalist who rules Chechnya as a quasi-autonomous part of Russia, posted to Telegram saying that he and his soldiers are close to Kyiv. Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Sunday that he is in Ukraine along with his soldiers taking part in Russia's invasion of the country.