This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
For the first time since Moscow launched its full-scale of invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the territory of Russia’s North Caucasus region of Chechnya has been targeted by drone attacks.
Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on Telegram on October 29 that drones had attacked the building of the so-called “Spetsnaz (Special Forces) University” named after President Vladimir Putin in the Chechen city of Gudermes, some 500 kilometers from Ukraine’s borders.
According to Kadyrov, there were no casualties.
A fire on the roof was extinguished.
Kyiv did not comment. Kadyrov has said thousands of men went through special training in the facility before joining Russian troops in Ukraine.
