The Chechen leader advocates “more drastic measures” in certain regions. He would also like to establish martial law.
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Lhe leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on Saturday called on the Russian military to use “low-power nuclear weapons” in Ukraine, where Moscow troops are struggling in some areas.
“In my opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-power nuclear weapons,” Ramzan Kadyrov said in a message posted on Telegram. “We must carry out the” special military operation “in the full sense of the term, and not have fun playing”, mocked this faithful of the Kremlin, who was present Friday in Moscow for the formalization of the annexation of Ukrainian territories to Russia. “It is not necessary to make our decisions taking into account the” Western-American community “”, he still castigated, this one “having acted a lot against” them according to him.
In a virulent message, Ramzan Kadyrov deplored that the Russian colonel-general in charge of operations around Lyman, Alexandre Lapin, “did not provide the necessary communications, interaction and supply of ammunition” to the soldiers engaged in the defense of this city in eastern Ukraine from which the Russians withdrew on Saturday in favor of the Ukrainians.
The Chechen, who rules his Caucasian republic with an iron fist, also wondered about the chain of command in the Russian army and the feedback made to President Vladimir Putin. “The nepotism of the army will not lead to good”, he hammered. “There is no place for nepotism in the army, especially in difficult times,” he added. The dynamics of kyiv troops on the ground since the start of the counter-offensive in early September prompted Russia to urgently annex four Ukrainian regions on Friday and to decree the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of civilian reservists.