Ramzan KadyrovGROZNY, March 24 republics are conducting sweeps in Mariupol. «In the course of large-scale sweeps in the territories recaptured from Bandera, carried out in the city of Mariupol by Chechen representatives of law enforcement agencies under the leadership of dear brothers Sultan Rashaev and Isa Taymaskhanov, the fighters encounter interesting finds. Among them are premises with ammunition, weapons, and means communications,” Kadyrov wrote on Telegram. The head of Chechnya stressed that the actions of the Russian military are aimed at protecting the civilian population. “Our soldiers discover, storm and detain people hiding in their homes, seize their weapons, which were most recently sent towards representatives Russian law enforcement agencies,» he said. l end, said MedvedevRussia February 24 launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, Putin emphasized. The DPR troops surrounded Mariupol on March 7, and now its areas are being cleared. Among the Ukrainian units in the city is the Azov nationalist regiment, against whose fighters a criminal case has been initiated in Russia.
