Chechnya’s regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on the messaging app Telegram that Chechen fighters went about 1 mile inside the Azov Sea city before pausing their attack when night fell.

In response to recent comments made by Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken referring to Palestinian terrorists as “freedom fighters,” the government announces that it is severing all ties with the ...

Through the diaspora, we are also organizing the education of a cadre of Chechens. We're preparing Chechnya here for freedom -- I would say, free Ukraine is preparing Chechnya for freedom." ...

His remarks also prompted blowback from people who objected to his mention of “freedom fighters,” which some took as a reference to Hamas, which killed 1,200 Israelis in the Oct. 7, 2023 ...