Chechen leader trains his teenage sons to use weapons before sending them to fight in Ukraine

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, a key Putin ally, has said he is sending his three teenage sons to fight in Ukraine, amid mounting criticism of the Kremlin’s handling of the war among propagandists.

Mr Kadyrov, who fought against Russian forces during bloody separatist wars in the 1990s, on Monday announced that the time had come for his sons, aged 14,15 and 16, “to prove themselves in battle”.

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