Chechnya under attack: Drones hit Grozny's military sites
The capital of Chechnya, Grozny, once again became the target of a drone attack. On Sunday morning, several explosions occurred in the city. The targets of the attack were the police garrison and a military base. For every attempt to attack our targets, we will respond with more precise and harsh retaliatory strikes, announced the leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Witnesses of the attack reported that the explosions took place in the early morning, and before them, the characteristic sound of a flying drone was heard.
The independent Chechen channel Niyso reported four explosions. According to reports, the drones attacked the special police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, the riot police base, and the military base "from where people are usually sent to Ukraine."
Four videos depicting kamikaze drones were published on social media.
In one of them, you can see an unmanned aerial vehicle falling on the grounds of the police regiment in Kadyrov. In another video, a drone flies past two columns of smoke rising into the sky, probably from the crash sites of other drones, as reported the Russian independent portal Agentsvo.
In the recording, the sounds of machine gun fire can also be heard – likely an attempt to shoot down the drones from the ground.
Another attack on Grozny
This is not the first such attack in recent days. On December 12, four guards were injured when a drone exploded over the Akhmat regiment's barracks.
The first drone attack on Chechnya occurred on October 29. At that time, the Russian Special Forces University named after Vladimir Putin in the town of Gudermes was attacked. Kadyrov then threatened Ukrainian forces with "retaliation they could not even dream of."
Kadyrov states where Russia struck in retaliation
In response to Sunday's attacks on Grozny, the leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced retaliatory strikes against Ukraine. He added that he had already passed on operational data collected by Chechen reconnaissance soldiers on Ukrainian locations.
According to a statement shared by Kadyrov on Telegram, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched two Iskander strikes by 5 PM GMT, targeting a location in Kharkiv where the aircraft carriers of the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade were reportedly stationed.
