Ramzan Kadyrov, the brutal Chechen leader allied with Putin, threatened to attack Poland: “In just 6 seconds we can show what we are capable of”

The Kremlin stalwart frequently uses his social networks to boast about the alleged performance of Chechen fighters against the kyiv troops

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FILE PHOTO: Chechen Republic’s re-elected head Ramzan Kadyrov attends an investiture ceremony in Grozny, Russia, October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov

The leader of the Chechen Republic and an ally of Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, has threatened to launch a military attack against Poland in retaliation for its strong support for Ukraine.

< b>Warsaw has been one of the closest associates of the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

Poland became the most viable escape option for the thousands of Ukrainian refugeesfleeing west. He has also clashed with Russia in the European Parliament by urging a ban on oil and gas imports from the Kremlin, according to The Telegraph.

Kadyrov, 45, who calling himself Putin’s “soldier,” he said in a video on Monday: “Ukraine is a done deal. What interests me is Poland.”

“What does Poland want to achieve? Once the Ukraine is done, we can show you what we’re capable of in six seconds if there’s an order”, he threatened, according to the Daily Mail.

Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov attends a Victory Day military parade, marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, on May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov

Kadyrov has repeatedly used social media to boast about the alleged performance of Chechen fighters against Ukrainian troops and to make other unconfirmed statements about the war in Ukraine.

Earlier this month, the Chechen leader demanded an apology for an act of vandalism in Warsaw. On the anniversary of the Allied victory in 1945, a Ukrainian activist threw red paint on Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreev as he tried to lay flowers at the Soviet military cemetery in the Polish capital.

< p class=”paragraph”>“You had better withdraw your weapons and your mercenaries and officially apologize to our ambassador,” said Kadyrov.

Its troops have been accused of war crimes in Ukraine. It is known that the leader himself follows them on their excursions , although he has denied having participated in any extrajudicial executions.

Vladimir Putin and Kadyrov

Chechen forces participated in the siege of Mariupol and were among the occupation forces that killed civilians in the suburbs of kyiv .

The United States and the European Union have repeatedly accused Kadyrov of human rights abuses.

The Ukrainian Army repelled the Russian offensive on Severodonetsk

The Ukrainian Army has managed to repel the offensive of the Russian forces on the city of Severodonetsk, in the east of country, forcing them to withdraw, according to what the military governor of the Lugansk region, Serhiy Haidai, affirmed this Saturday.

“The Russians fell back to their previous positions”, Haidai wrote on his Telegram account, adding that they suffered “significant losses”, although they managed to take control of a hotel on the outskirts of the city.

According to the governor, Russian troops withdrew in the area around from Severodonetsk -the second largest urban center in Lugansk- and in the neighboring towns of Toshkivka and Oskolonivka.

The Russian offensive in Severodonetsk

However, he noted, “the enemy does not stop trying to attack the rear of our troops and hamper logistics in the Luhansk region ”.

As a result of the artillery fire on Severodonetsk, 14 buildings were damaged and another bridge between Severodonetsk and the neighboring city of Lisichansk was damaged, but the passage between the two towns remains open.

Haidai’s announcement comes after he acknowledged on Friday night the possibility that Ukrainian forces might be forced to leave Severodonetsk to avoid being cornered.

In recent days, Russian troops have managed to advance their offensive on the eastern region of Donbas and on Friday took control of the town of Liman, west of Severodonetsk, a city that is now fenced off for much of its perimeter.}

kyiv vowed to “do everything” to defend the Donbas region, where the Russian army has intensified its offensive and led the Ukrainian forces to consider a strategic withdrawal technique to avoid being surrounded.