Ramzan Kadyrov Claims Chechen Special Forces Lead The Rusi Rebut Army Of Ukraine Border Village

Ramzan Kadyrov. (Wikimedia Commons/Have you heard it?

JAKARTA - The leader of Russia's Chechen territory Ramzan Kadyrov on Sunday claimed Russian troops, led by a Chechen-based special forces unit, had taken control of a village on the Ukrainian border.

Kadyrov, who has led the South Kaupas region as a Kremlin loyalist since 2007, said its Akhmat-Chech unit led Russian troops to control Ryzhivka, Ukraine, in Sumy region, across the Kursk region, southern Russia.

"The planned massive attack caused significant losses on the Ukrainian side, which were forced to withdraw," Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.

Separately, the Russian Ministry of Defense did not issue a statement regarding the action, nor did Ukrainian military authorities comment on anything.

Earlier, unit commander Akhmat was quoted by the Russian state news agency TASS this month as saying its troops had been deployed in Russia's Belgorod border region, to the east of the territory captured on Sunday.

In May, Kadyrov said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin tens of thousands of troops had been prepared to fight for Russia in Ukraine. A total of 43,500 troops have served in Moscow's war against their smaller neighboring countries.

The Ukrainian military has warned in recent weeks about the buildup of Russian troops around the Sumy region in preparation for military action.