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February 27, 2022 John

Russia sends Chechen jihadis into Ukraine with lists of Ukrainian officials to kill or detain

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/02/russia-sends-chechen-jihadis-into-ukraine-with-lists-of-ukrainian-officials-to-kill-or-detain;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:

Chechen jihadis are renowned as being among the most dedicated and battle-hardened jihadis in the world. This is likely a quid pro quo for Putin granting Ramzan Kadyrov essentially a free hand in Chechnya.

“Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ are unleashed in Ukraine to detain or kill Kyiv officials – and are given ‘decks of cards’ with photographs of their targets,” by Will Stewart, Chris Matthews, and Harriet Alexander, DailyMail.com, February 25, 2022:

A squad of Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ has been unleashed in Ukraine to detain or kill a set of specific Ukrainian officials.

Each soldier was reportedly given a special ‘deck of cards’ with Ukrainian officials’ photos and descriptions on them, a Moscow Telegram channel with links to the security establishment reported.

The list is of officials and security officers suspected of ‘crimes’ by the Russian Investigative Committee, the report added….

The Chechen squad is thought to be in a Ukrainian forest and was allegedly given an ‘order to kill’ if those on the wanted list could not be detained.

Each one of the Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ was reportedly given a ‘deck of cards’ that specified which Ukrainian officials to target.

Chechen soldiers of the south battalion of the Federal Guard Service are reportedly in a Ukrainian forest with orders to detain or kill Ukrainian officials

There is speculation those identified by Moscow as ‘Nazis’ would also be on the hunted list.

Putin previously said a key aim of invading Ukraine was to ‘deNazify’ the country.

State TV in Chechnya reported that Ramzan Kadyrov, 45, the republic’s leader and a close Putin ally, had visited his forces in Ukraine.

The Chechens are believed to be from the South battalion of the Federal Guard Service, based in Chechnya.

Kadyrov yesterday met with Viktor Zolotov, director of the Federal National Guard Service and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian National Guard Forces, another close Putin ally….

The soldiers seemed to perform a collective namaz, which are Islamic ritual prayers, while they were in a Ukrainian forest…

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