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A DRAMATIC giant fireball explosion today hit a special forces barracks in a Russian region controlled by one of Putin’s most feared henchmen.
A Ukrainian drone detonated in the air over the roof of the facility in Grozny, capital of Chechnya, an area run by local strongman and warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, 48.
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Kadyropv wrote on Telegram after the attack: “The drone detonated in the air, damaged the roof and broke windows.”
“Falling fragments triggered a small fire, which was quickly put out.”
At least four people are believed to be injured, but some reports say the toll may have been higher.
The attack hit the barracks of a police special forces regiment named after Kadyrov’s assassinated father, Akhmat, who previously ruled the region.
He blamed the attack on Ukraine and vowed revenge.
Kadyrov said: “A reserve of 84,000 volunteers and fighters from the Chechen Republic is ready to move to the front lines at a moment’s notice.”
“We are preserving our republic not to let some drug addicts, devils, or satanists impose their sick ideas.
“We will not let this stand!
“And for these four injured, we will take down 400 Ukrainian nationalists.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility from Ukraine, but Kyiv has previously attacked Chechnya.
Kadyrov previously threatened to place Ukrainian prisoners of war on rooftops of strategic buildings to discourage attacks by Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces.
The warlord also recently attacked two of Putin’s senior officials and has enemies in the regime, despite his professed loyalty to the Kremlin dictator, and separately claimed a bounty has been put on his head.
A new investigation by Proekt independent media found that Kadyrov has tripled the size of his armed forces since the start of the war.
No less than nine new paramilitary units have been established since the start of the war.
No other regional leader in Russia is allowed to maintain their own private army.
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