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Over 20,000 Chechen fighters have fought in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s special military operation and 9,000 of them are currently on the frontline, Chechnya’s Head Ramzan Kadyrov said on Tuesday.
"Since the beginning of the special military operation, over 20,000 Chechen combatants have taken part in it, of whom 9,000 are currently on the frontline. The Regional Public Fund named after Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov has transferred more than 20,000 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of liberated territories over the period of the special military operation," the Chechnya head wrote on his Telegram channel after a meeting with the republic’s security, defense and law-enforcement agencies.
Fighters from the Chechen Republic have been successfully coping with their assigned missions since the first days of the special military operation in Ukraine, Kadyrov stressed.
"In conclusion, I instructed unit commanders and the heads of regional interior departments to take the necessary measures to form reserves from among those wishing to join the military structures and also to organize appropriate training for them. This will help promptly replenish the ranks of military-security agencies with trained and prepared personnel, if need be," Kadyrov added.
Russia's Chechnya Gets Ready For 'Fall Mobilization' As Moscow Faces Major Setback In Ukraine War
Unlike regular mandatory autumn conscription, the 24-page draft document calls the campaign a "mobilization of main and reserve staff" already registered at the conscription commission.
The mobilization will start on October 1 and will last until the end of 2022. The document says the Interior Ministry of the region will prepare special units to locate individuals who evade the mobilization.
The document, dated September 14, was prepared as Kadyrov publicly called for mobilization in Russia's other regions "to assist military forces" in the war, which Russia launched in February.
Earlier this week, the Kremlin said there were no plans to announce a full or partial mobilization for Russia's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as Russian troops suffer losses and lose territory in the Kharkiv region to a counteroffensive by Ukrainian armed forces.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on September 10 that up to 1,300 paramilitary troops loyal to Kadyrov had arrived in Ukraine's Kherson region to reinforce Russian forces.
The General Staff said the troops were a unit of the so-called Kadyrovtsy paramilitary force formed in Chechnya that effectively serves as the region's own army and that has been accused of rampant rights abuses.
Minister reveals what percent of 6 mln foreigners in Russia staying illegally
Roughly six million foreigners are in Russia, and 9% of them are residing in the country illegally, the head of the Russian Interior Ministry, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, said during the government hour in the Federation Council on Wednesday.
"There are about 6 million foreigners in our country, and 9% of them have no legal grounds for that. By comparison, in 2016, almost every third migrant was (an illegal one)," he specified.
Kolokoltsev noted that, despite positive, tangible changes, high risks in this area remain, also due to the unstable situation in the post-Soviet zone and the Middle East. "In this regard, we will strengthen control. After the pandemic break verification activities have been resumed, 225,000 of them have been carried out this year," the minister said.
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