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The military also had 94 L-29 trainer aircraft, 52 L-39 trainer aircraft, 6 An-22 transport aircraft, and 5 Tu-134 transport aircraft. [3] Most of the Chechen aviation equipment was destroyed at airfields in the very first days of the Chechen campaign.
On March 1, Kadyrov said that Chechen fighters in Ukraine had sustained losses of two killed and six wounded. [45] According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Chechen units suffered "hundreds" of casualties while being deployed around Kyiv and were withdrawn to Chechnya on 13 March 2022. [46] Chechen troops were seen fighting in the Siege of ...
Military intelligence Maneuver warfare Mountain warfare Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Special operations Special reconnaissance Tracking Urban warfare: Size: 1,200–1,800 active personnel: Garrison/HQ: Eastern Chechnya (Vostok) Western Chechnya (Zapad) Engagements: Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War
Major weapons systems were seized from the Russian military in 1992, and on the eve of the First Chechen War, they included 23 air defense guns, 108 APC/tanks, 24 artillery pieces, 5 MiG-17/15, 2 Mi-8 helicopters, 24 multiple rocket launchers, 17 surface-to-air missile launchers, 94 L-29 trainer aircraft, 52 L-39 trainer aircraft, 6 An-22 ...
The Chechen government has been outspoken in its support for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, where a Chechen military force, the Kadyrovtsy, which is under Kadyrov's personal command, has played a leading role, notably in the Siege of Mariupol. [60]
The humiliated Russian army retreated, and Chechnya achieved a measure of autonomy — and peace. Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, was besieged by the Russian army in August 1996.
On 3 July 2023, Chechen leader Apta Alaudinov announced that the commander of the Chechen Akhmat Unit, Yevgeny Pisarenko, had been killed whilst fighting on the Donbas frontline. [23] On 21 December 2024, Mediazona reported that at least 296 Russian soldiers from the Chechen republic had been killed in Ukraine since 24 February 2022. [24]
The Separate Special Purpose Battalion of the Ministry of Defense of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, [2] also known as OBON, [3] is a spetsnaz formation of Chechen volunteers, functioning as part of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine. It is one of several Chechen armed volunteer formations on the side of Ukraine.