But for one group of those foreign fighters, the ongoing war has hit close to home. ABC News' Patrick Reevell got an inside look at two brigades made up of mostly Chechen volunteers, filming with ...

After years spread far and wide, Chechen freedom fighters are regrouping in Ukraine drawing in supporters from across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. When the war ends there, they hope to take ...

Kadyrov offered to send Chechen fighters to... Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (L) attends a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations chaired by President Vladimir Putin in Pyatigorsk ...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters Kamaru Usman, Justin Gaethje and Henry Cejudo are the trio in a video posted online by the notorious Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in November last ...

An estimated 160,000 civilians were killed in both campaigns, though exact figures remain unclear and Belokiev said Chechen resistance fighters believe ... to defend their freedom, this will ...

Chechen independence fighters shoot at Russian soldiers Jan ... Dudayev was a symbol of Chechen independence and the fight for that freedom. Unlike many other leaders around the world, he didn ...

When Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 it set off a series of events that eventually saw thousands of Chechen fighters join the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to ...

In late February, Russian propaganda attempted to instill terror into Ukrainians by claiming that up to 70,000 Chechen fighters were headed to Ukraine to support ...

The pro-Kyiv Chechen fighters who spoke with NPR refused to disclose their numbers in Ukraine, citing security concerns, especially from Kremlin-backed Chechens. That is also why they gave only ...

The U.S. State Department says it knows of apparent ties between Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen strongman, and mixed martial arts fighters. By Karim Zidan and Kevin Draper As the war in Ukraine heads ...

Nov 28 (Reuters) - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday that another 3,000 of his fighters were ready to go to fight in Ukraine as part of new units of the Russian defence ministry and the ...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on ...