Four fighters were injured in a drone attack in Chechnya
A drone attacked the barracks of a special police regiment in Grozny. Four guards were slightly injured. This was reported by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on his Telegram channel.
 
The drone damaged the roof and knocked out the windows, and the fallen fragments also caused a small fire, which was quickly extinguished.
 
According to Kadyrov, the incident will not go unanswered, and the enemy will face retaliation.
 
“A reserve of 84 thousand volunteers and fighters from units from the Chechen Republic is ready to move to the front line at the first order. We are not protecting our republic to allow some drug addicts, shaitans or Satanists to implement their sick ideas. We will not leave this like this! And for these four wounded alone, we will lay down 400 Ukronat members,” the head of the region threatened.
 
This is the third drone attack in Chechnya since the start of Russia's war with Ukraine. On December 4, a drone crashed into the base of the second regiment, located on Staropromyslovskoye Highway in Grozny. The first UAV attack took place on October 29, when the roof of one of the buildings of the special forces university in Gudermes caught fire.
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