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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 Tupolev 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. [42] 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Ukrainian intelligence, the Chechen units suffered "hundreds" of casualties while being deployed around Kyiv and were withdrawn to Chechnya on 13 March 2022. [43] Chechen troops were seen fighting in the Siege of ...
The other battalion was named after Sheikh Mansur, an 18th-century Chechen military commander and Islamic leader who resisted the Russian imperialist expansion into the Caucasus. These battalions were led by Muslim Cheberloevsky (Umkhan Avtaev) and Isa Munaev, both of whom had participated in the two Russian-Chechen wars. [2] [3]
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 contract the defence ministry signed on Monday was with the Akhmat paramilitary group that has often been called the private army of Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechnya region.
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 25 February 2025, Mediazona reported that at least 326 Russian soldiers from the Chechen republic had been killed in Ukraine since 24 February 2022. [24]
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 ...