Akhmat Special Rapid Response Unit soldier on the roof of a building in MariupolGROZNY, Apr 9 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a video on his Telegram channel, where the Chechen special forces, practically in a «close combat format,» are cleaning up a quarter in Mariupol from Ukrainian militants. from this filth … the Chechen special forces, after a small reconnaissance in force, quickly went on the attack and practically cleared the quarter in close combat,» Kadyrov wrote. =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/3cc650e5cbe9787739db5ef3b2bd62db.jpg» />»Nonhumans, worse than terrorists.» What distinguishes the Ukrainian security forces At the time of the proclamation of the DPR in 2014, Mariupol, with a population of about 450 thousand people, was the second largest city in the republic after Donetsk. However, in June of that year, the Ukrainian security forces regained control of Mariupol, and its eastern suburbs became one of the hottest places of conflict in Ukraine. On March 7, 2022, Alexander Semyonov, deputy commander of the Vostok battalion of the DPR, said that the city was surrounded, and a cleansing of its individual districts had begun. Currently, the allied forces of the Russian Federation and the DPR are fighting for the final liberation of the city. Among other Ukrainian units, they are resisted by the nationalist Azov regiment, against whose militants a criminal case has been initiated in the Russian Federation. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
