{"id":128130,"date":"2022-07-23T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=128130"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:15:11","slug":"chechens-reportedly-want-to-step-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=128130","title":{"rendered":"Chechens reportedly want to step up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Chechen group has announced that they will be starting active operations against the Russians soon. Chechnya is a hot spot for the Russians and the Chechens have a personal hard-on for Putin, whom they say is responsible for breaking the peace treaty in 1999 they had signed with Yeltsin.<\/p>\n

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Following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February, volunteer Chechen forces joined the fight in support of Kyiv \u2014 fueling the flames to a long-held animus towards not only Russia, but Putin.<\/p>\n

“We know the enemy\u2019s positions, where Russian military bases are,” Islam Belokiev, spokesman for the Sheikh Mansur Battalion, said in a video message obtained by Fox News Digital this week with the help of Ukraine Frontline Media Platform.<\/p>\n

“We have divided the Chechen Republic of Icheriya into three fronts and 16 sectors,” he added while announcing a plan to once again fight for Chechen independence.<\/p>\n

Rebekah Koffler, a Russia expert and former intelligence officer in Russian doctrine and strategy for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), said it could serve as a strategy to distract Putin\u2019s war effort in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“The possibility of them taking advantage of Putin\u2019s forces being tied up in Ukraine to assert their independence is very plausible,” she explained.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the Chechen volunteer forces are strategizing with Kyiv by creating a second front, but Koffler noted that even if a second front is not fully launched in Chechnya, it could still strain Putin\u2019s forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Historically uprisings succeed best when the parent country is distracted by another conflict – England’s preoccupation with France helped us, and France’s problems with England\u00a0 are just two examples. If your enemy has concentrated his forces to hit someone else there<\/em> is always a good time to attack his weakened forces here.<\/em><\/p>\n

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