Chechnya’s leader called on Russia to use low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and was critical of the troop withdrawal.
The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov advocated this Saturday for “more radical measures” in Ukraine by Russia, including the use of low-yield nuclear weapons.
“In my point of view, more radical measures must be taken to the point of declaring martial law in the border territories and using low-power nuclear weapons,” said the leader of the North Caucasus republic on his YouTube channel. Telegram.
Kadyrov, who has called for taking kyiv and destroying the Ukrainian state, recommended that the Kremlin ignore the reaction of the United States and the rest of the Western countries.
“He has already said and done a lot against us,” he said.
Chechnya leader criticizes Russian troop withdrawal
The Chechen leader was highly critical of the Russian Army’s withdrawal on Saturday from the strategic city of Liman, on the ukrainian Donetsk Region, newly annexed by Russia, which follows the withdrawal earlier this month of the Kharkov region.
“Yesterday there was a stop in Izium (town of Kharkov), today the (Ukrainian) flag in Limán. What about tomorrow?” she wrote.
In that sense, he attacked the general Alexandr Lapin, commander of the central military district, who was in charge of the defense of that area of Donbas.
In addition to harshly criticizing his work, he considered him a “talentless” general, accused him of receiving the order of Hero of Russia without deserving it, recommended sending him to the front with a rifle in his hand and also censured the General Staff for covering it up.
In fact, he remembered that the Chief of the General Staff, Valeri Gerasimov, He recently assured him that he did not see Limán’s withdrawal as possible.
“Military nepotism will not get us anywhere good. In the Army, commanders must be appointed with a firm character, courageous and principled, who care about their men”, he stressed.
Kadyrov, in whose republic volunteers and reservists are trained, has repeatedly called on Putin to take more radical measures in Ukraine, including general mobilization.
International community warned Russia about use of nuclear weapons
In a televised speech last week, Putin warned NATO that Russia has an “unparalleled” arsenal that allows it to counter any Western threat.
“I want to remind you that our country also has different offensive systems and, in some components, they are more modern than those of NATO countries,” he said.
It was of little use that the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov shortly after that Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons, at a conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The US President Joe Biden took advantage of his speech at the UN General Assembly to accuse Putin of making “irresponsible threats about the use of nuclear weapons.”
In the same line, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg criticized Putin’s “dangerous” nuclear rhetoric after the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will apply to join the Atlantic Alliance after the Russian annexation on Friday of four Ukrainian regions.
What he called “the largest annexation of European territory by force since World War II” does not change the “commitment to support Ukraine”, he assured, and stressed that “all democracies in Europe have the right to apply for NATO membership”. .
At the signing ceremony for the annexation of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, Putin warned on Friday that Moscow will use “all forces and means” at its disposal to defend its national territory, not to mention nuclear weapons.