Pro-Russian Chechens are back on Ukraine's front lines, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said. Chechen units, once mocked as "TikTok" troops, are now filling gaps left by the Wagner Group. Chechen ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The strongman president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has mocked a ...

Russia’s occupation of southern Ukraine has seen Chechen commander Ahmed fall for what he believed was a Ukrainian woman, a ...

A Chechen warlord who previously (falsely) claimed Elon Musk had gifted him a Cybertruck is now accusing the Tesla CEO of remotely disabling it while it was involved in the Russian battle against ...

The Akhmat military unit of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed authoritarian ruler of the North Caucasus region of Chechnya, signed a contract with Russia's Defense Ministry on June 12. The move comes ...

Lest We Forget (Dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the start of the First Chechen War). 2025. Canvas, oil. 70×100. Artist Andrey Nikolaevich Mironov. (Wikimedia Commons) Russian Defense Minister ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he wants to "compete" with Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and create his own private military company. In a Telegram post on Sunday, Kadyrov praised Prighozin and ...

Kadyrov noted that since the onset of the special military operation, the fighters from Chechnya have displayed high combat capabilities and efficiency in implementing their tasks GROZNY, January 8.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia is using Chechen 'TikTok soldiers' on the front lines and to train its troops, highlighting the 'desperation' in its ...