Chechen leader’s and "Putin’s chef’s" armies created to suppress uprisings in Russia – Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

The paramilitary formations of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya [entity within the Russian Federation], and of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC), were initially  created to suppress anti-government protests in Russia, but were later deployed in the war against Ukraine.

Source: Andrii Cherniak, representative of the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in an interview to RBC-Ukraine

Quote: "Prigozhin and Kadyrov are people who, in the service of protecting Putin's power, have been given the right to create their own private armies. These armies were initially created mainly to suppress any potential uprisings inside Russia."

Details: According to Cherniak, the Kadyrovites [Chechen soldiers – ed.] are used as "barrier detachments" in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Their main task is to prevent conscripts and contract servicemen from desertion of  the battlefield.

Previously: Experts at the Institute for the Study of War report that the Wagner Group continues to form military units in Belgorod and Kursk Oblast.

In the area of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Kadyrovites are kidnapping people and forcing them to dig trenches.

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