Russia's Chechen unit has suffered record losses since 2022 due to Ukrainian special operation in Sumy Oblast

From February to April, pro-Ukrainian Shamanbat fighters carried out a complex operation working with the 104th Horyn Territorial Defence Brigade and a Defence Intelligence agent operations unit on the Sumy front against pro-Russian Kadyrovites from the Akhmat unit. Shamanbat is composed of fighters from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria who are fighting for an independent Chechnya, while the Kadyrovites are Chechen forces aligned with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader backed by Moscow, and s...

By VALENTYNA ROMANENKO