Chechen officer Magomed Daudov held a photo shoot in Lysychansk the day after the Ukrainian city was captured.
The Chechen army made a film. The zealous use of social media has earned the soldiers of the Russian Republic the nickname “Tiktok Battalion”.
However, the Chechen army has taken part in several brutal operations on the Russian side. Here, 10,000 people march in the Chechen capital, Grozny, in March.
But Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov needs more troops for Putin’s war.
The Chechen dictator must prove his loyalty to Putin. It brutally affects its own population.
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It seems that the Chechen army is in the heat of battle. But not everyone was impressed by the videos soldiers posted on Tiktok and other social media this spring.
The feared Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is now known as the “Tiktok Battalion”. They were ridiculed for posing for photos and videos far from the front in Ukraine.
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