Video about Kadyrov's visit to special operation in Ukraine got into network

Ramzan Kadyrov has met the Chechen law enforcers who are taking part in the Russian military operation in the territory of Ukraine, and announced their mission "to capture Kyiv"; it follows from the video posted on March 13 in a number of Telegram channels.

"The video footage is being spread in the network, in which the Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, is depicted together with fighters participating in a special military operation in Ukraine," the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has stated in its Telegram channel, and posted a video about Ramzan Kadyrov's meeting with his law enforcers. It was not specified however, where exactly the head of Chechnya was, and when he had arrived there.

In a video lasting a little over a minute, it is heard that commanders report to Ramzan Kadyrov about the capture of an orphanage in one of the settlements and about the battles in the territory of Ukraine. "At the forward point where we were, there were seven kilometre left to Kyiv," one of the fighters said in the video.

After the fighter's report, Kadyrov himself takes the floor and says that "our main task is to capture Kyiv."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 13, 2022 at 09:50 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.