Kadyrovites
Chechen paramilitary and protection unit
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| June 2022 | Ramzan Kadyrov announces the creation of four new battalions of ethnic Chechens: North-Akhmat, South-Akhmat, West-Akhmat, and East-Akhmat, to be sent to fight in Ukraine. |
| April 1 2022 | Ukrainian media reports Chechen troops executed conscripted soldiers of the Luhansk People's Republic who refused to fight. |
| March 13 2022 | According to Ukrainian intelligence, Chechen units are withdrawn to Chechnya after suffering 'hundreds' of casualties around Kyiv. |
| March 1 2022 | Kadyrov reports Chechen fighters in Ukraine have sustained losses of two killed and six wounded. |
| February 27 2022 | Ukrainian missiles reportedly destroy a Chechen column of 56 tanks near Hostomel. Ukrainian sources claim the SBU Alpha Group ambushed a Chechen troops convoy and killed Major General Magomed Tushayev. |
| February 26 2022 | Ramzan Kadyrov confirms the deployment of Kadyrovites in Ukraine, allegedly with a mission to capture and kill Ukrainian leaders including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
| February 24 2022 | Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, with Kadyrovite volunteer units participating in the military operation. |
| 2021 | Kadyrovite spetsnaz groups participated in a training march at 'Tambukan' facility in Stavropol Krai, which ended in a brawl after other participants accused them of cheating by using vehicles during the march. |
| 2017 | Kadyrovites participate in the Syrian Civil War, expanding their involvement beyond Chechnya. |
| 2014 | Chechen militants loyal to Kadyrov become active in the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Vostok Battalion and Chechen Death Battalion. |
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