SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

Hunt for the ‘Butchers of Bucha’

So this is what denazification looks like. Bodies littered across the street, victims filling mass graves, destruction and grief congealing in a way only war can replicate. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: These atrocities in Bucha are how Putin wages war

Bodies strewn across the street. Victims lying in mass graves. Widespread hunger. Scenes of total destruction. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2022

Commentary: Bucha’s atrocities are not Russia’s first. They must be the last

It’s hard to read the reports emerging from Bucha and other Kyiv suburbs, and nearly impossible to look at the images. Retreating Russian soldiers have left evidence of unthinkable brutality. Ordinary men and women lie dead on the street, in the dark mud and dirt, many shot, some with hands…

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022

What role is Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov playing in Ukraine war?

Chechen forces deployed in Ukraine appear to be more of a ‘PR initiative’ than military utility, analysts say.

Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2022

Russia's infamous Spetsnaz soldiers made to kill rabid dogs with shovels during training

Russia's Spetsnaz shock troopers have undertaken operations in Chechnya, Afghanistan and in Ukraine prior to the annexation of Crimea

Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2022

How many Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine?

Some say the country’s losses could rival those of its wars in Chechnya or Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022

16 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways

A number of high profile critics of Vladimir Putin have died in violent or mysterious circumstances. This includes Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London after drinking a laced cup of tea

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022

Chechnya’s losses in Ukraine may be leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s undoing

Analysis: Putin’s ally needs to show enemies at home and abroad his strength, but needs his forces intact to prop up his brutal rule

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022

Chechen forces 'head home after losing hundreds of fighters in Ukraine invasion'

The Security Service of Ukraine has claimed the Chechen troops have returned to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, after suffering heavy losses in the Ukrainian conflict

Daily Mirror · Mar 20, 2022

Chechens fighting in Ukraine: Putin's psychological weapon could backfire

The Chechens have gained a reputation as fierce warriors in two wars against Russia, the first from 1994 to 1996 and the second from 1999 to 2014.

The Conversation · Mar 18, 2022