Chechen troops suffer heavy loss in Ukraine war; likely to be sent back to Russia

After loss of hundreds of Kyrovite fighters in war in Ukraine, Chechen paramilitary forces are being sent back to Russia, reports claimed on Sunday. Fighters from Russia's Chechnya h entered war to aid Russian troops and to rescue Kremlin's special military forces.

Chechen troops have been identified as members of Russian National Guard, a paramilitary internal security force that purportedly communicates directly to President Vlimir Putin. Chechen leer Ramzan Kyrov is kwn for his ardent support of Kremlin, going so far as to call himself a Russian "foot soldier." Earlier in March, Kyrov h claimed to have deployed at least 12,000 Chechen soldiers in Ukraine to support invasion. However, Kyrovites have suffered heavy losses in conflict and are being sent back to Moscow.

Last week, Chechen troops h helped release Kremlin forces trapped in Ukraine's worst-hit city of Mariupol. Sources informed that Russian military men were trapped in a Ukrainian encirclement for a while before Kyrov-led forces released m. release surfaced simultaneously to Vlimir Putin's army's continued aggression in city of Mariupol which sheltered 500 civilians.

On Monday, Kyrov and his Chechen forces were reportedly assisting Russian military near Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Many Kyrovite fighters were also tasked with assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Earlier this month,  Ukraine's National Security and Defense Secretary Oleksiy Danilov. h confirmed that a group of Chechen assassins sent to kill Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was eliminated. "An elite group of Kyrov forces unit who planned to kill Zelensky was destroyed. This is our land. Get out of here," said

Chechnya's unwavering support to Kremlin

Kyrov has deployed his forces abro to support Kremlin military operations before – in Syria and Georgia.

Chechnya Republic is ruled by Kyrov with an iron fist policy and he is regarded as a former militant turned Russian ally with a force at his dispense. Historically speaking, two Chechen volunteer forces combatted Russia-backed separatists and regular Russian forces in rebel region of Donbas in 2014. Putin's recent decision to anunce Donbas as an automous state was lauded by Kyrov. 

Im: AP