Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan KadyrovGROZNY, 17 Apr. Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov announced the beginning of » specific «special operation in Ukraine and invited the Ukrainian military to surrender to the federal troops.» Now a specific special operation is beginning, now there will be a specific result, they themselves asked for it, so to speak, Ukrainians. If suddenly someone could not escape, run, leave your positions. Run, where are the federal troops: you will be received, fed and watered,” Kadyrov said in the Telegram channel. 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 bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. salvo fire near Lugansk
