Daudov reported the dispatch of more than 67,000 fighters from Chechnya to the Northeastern Military District.

67,440 fighters have been sent from Chechnya to the military operation zone, according to the head of the republic's government, Magomed Daudov.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Chechen authorities regularly report 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, including 22,321 volunteers. Of these, 13,000 fighters are currently in the combat zone, Ramzan Kadyrov reported in August 2025.

On January 12, at a meeting with representatives of all government bodies, Magomed Daudov, the Chairman of the Chechen Government and head of the regional operational headquarters for conducting the SVO, delivered a report, Ramzan Kadyrov reported on his Telegram channel.

"M. Daudov spoke about the republic's participation in the Special Military Operations Zone. To date, 76,440 fighters, including 23,774 volunteers, have been sent from the Chechen Republic to the special operation zone. Around 14,000 of our soldiers are deployed in the most critical areas," the text message reads.

The publication is illustrated with a video from the meeting, in which Magomed Daudov gives a different number than in Kadyrov's text version.

"To date, 67,440 of our fighters have been deployed from the Chechen Republic to the Special Military Operations Zone. Currently, around 14,000 of our fighters from the Ministry of Defense, the Russian National Guard, the Akhmat special forces, and the combined detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chechen Republic are successfully carrying out combat missions in the most critical areas of the Special Military Operations Zone," Magomed Daudov says in the Russian-language video.

Russian University Special Forces – a training center in Gudermes, organized by Ramzan Kadyrov, where volunteers are trained for deployment to war zones and where the Akhmat special forces unit is based. The "Caucasian Knot" prepared a report, "What is taught at the Putin Special Forces University in Chechnya".

As a reminder, residents of Chechnya are forcibly sent to Ukraine as punishment for alcohol and drug use and minor offenses. This information was once again confirmed by human rights activists in October 2025. It was also previously voiced by businessman Aslanbek Akhmetkhanov, who noted that sending offenders to the front "is a form of punishment."

Young men in Chechnya are being forced to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense, the administrator of the Telegram channel 1 , which publishes evidence of human rights violations in the republic, told the "Caucasian Knot" in July. "Sometimes this is presented as a 'preventative detention.' A young man is detained for something insignificant: suspected drug possession, insubordination, following the 'wrong' public pages. The police department begins to 'work' on him—they promise to close the case if he signs the contract. They resort to threats to his family, talks with his parents, and pressure from elders," he said.

On January 14, 2025, volunteers who arrived in Chechnya to sign military contracts complained that they were being held captive for weeks in order to be sent to the war zone in place of local residents who had paid their way out of service. According to human rights activists, forced contract signing is common practice in Chechnya, and security forces may create an "exchange fund" of volunteers arriving from other regions who will sign contracts in place of locals.