Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev promised he could seize Grozny with a single parachute regiment in two hours. On New Year's Eve 1994, his army instead drove into a meticulously planned ambush ...

By Elizaveta Chukharova Journalists have established that Chechen woman Aishat Baymuradova, who was killed in Armenia in mid-October, was a relative of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Preliminary ...

Russia’s war against Ukraine entered another winter week marked by heavy bombardment, fierce urban combat in Donetsk Oblast, ...

On 9 December 2025, a modified Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat light sport aircraft was shot down by mobile air-defence gunners of the Russian National Guard, near Grozny in the Republic of ...

Two Ukrainian drones (UAVs) were shot down over the territory of the Chechen Republic, and another drone was destroyed in the sky over the neighboring region. This was announced on December 9 by the ...

A dramatic escalation in the psychological battlefield between Kyiv and Grozny. Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, long seen ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s new threat after a Ukrainian drone strike near his Grozny home echoed a 2022 plot to ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s new threat after a Ukrainian drone strike near his Grozny home echoed a 2022 plot to ...

The Ukraine War has been a disaster for Russia. There is a labor shortage because over two million men have been removed from the workforce. Half of these are soldiers who were killed, disabled or ...

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Ukrainian drone strikes building 830 meters from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s residence in Grozny, prompting threats that ...