Jihadis in Idlib bash Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for role in Ukraine war
Chechen jihadis in Syria seek to join the forces defending Ukraine against Russia while condemning the participation of pro-Russian and leader of Russia's Chechnya region Ramzan Kadyrov in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
ALEPPO — The participation in the Russian war on Ukraine of Chechen fighters led by Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechnya region and henchman of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has sparked widespread controversy among the Syrian opposition.
Some described him as a treacherous agent and Putin's pampered boy taking part in crimes against humanity under false and deceptive religious slogans.
For their part, jihadis in Idlib condemned Kadyrov and his soldiers who participated in the invasion of Ukraine as infidel apostates who departed from the religion of Islam.
When Putin declared the military operation against Ukraine on Feb. 24, Kadyrov stood in the center of the capital city of Chechnya, Grozny, to address more than 10,000 Chechen fighters who were to be deployed to the battlefronts in Ukraine.
