Ramzan Kadyrov's "Direct Line"

Ramzan Kadyrov made a number of loud statements during his annual "direct line". He arrived at the broadcast location in a "trophy" BRADLEY IFV together with Ukrainian prisoners of war. Kadyrov offered one of them "to shoot himself and die as a hero", but he refused the offer. Immediately before the "direct line", the head of Chechnya confirmed the strike of a Ukrainian drone on the Kadyrov regiment building. More details in our video report.

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