A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the military operation zone

A group of fighters who have undergone training at the Special Forces University in Gudermes have flown from Grozny airport to the military operation zone.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, the Chechen authorities regularly report on sending groups of fighters from the republic to the military operation zone in Ukraine. 61,221 fighters have been sent from Chechnya to participate in the military operation in Ukraine, of which 22,321 are volunteers, while 13 thousand fighters are in the combat zone, Ramzan Kadyrov reported on August 5.

Another group of volunteers has left Grozny airport for the special military operation zone, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced today.

According to him, before being sent, each of the participants underwent a training course at the Russian Special Forces University. "The training program included a wide range of practical classes and the development of necessary skills in conditions close to combat," he said.

Kadyrov's publication was accompanied by an appeal to sign up as volunteers.

In Chechnya, coercive methods are widely used to send people to the SVO. Thus, three 16-year-old schoolchildren have been held in one of the security agencies of Grozny since December 2024 without charges, the Memorial Human Rights Defense Center (included in the register of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) reported in early July. Relatives of those illegally detained in Chechnya often try to secure their release on their own and only in extreme cases turn to human rights organizations, but publicity does not always help, human rights activists pointed out. On July 14, it became known about the release of the teenagers on the condition that their relatives sign contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry. The detention of Chechen teenagers to force their fathers to sign military contracts under Russian and international law falls under the definition of hostage-taking, lawyers said, noting that legal protection mechanisms do not work in Chechnya.

"There is evidence from Chechnya that people were beaten, threatened with criminal cases, torture, just to get a signature on a contract," a representative of the NIYSO Telegram channel told the "Caucasian Knot." According to him, this is done to demonstrate loyalty to the Kremlin. "It is important to report on the "contractor plan," and the Ministry of Defense is using the vulnerability of the local population: unemployment, fear of security forces, administrative pressure. People are literally driven into the army," he said.