Russia to ‘Accelerate’ Ukraine Campaign, Chechen Leader Claims

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian forces will drastically speed up their offensive in Ukraine following an unspecified change of tactics, Chechen leader Ramzan
Chechnya wrote on Telegram.Kadyrov did not specify the changes that have been adopted
The Defense Ministry did not confirm his claims in its daily briefing.Kadyrov is a staunch Kremlin ally who has regularly voiced strong
paramilitaries deployed to Ukrainian hotspots.Russia shifted its focus toward eastern Ukraine after being repelled from the Ukrainian
capital Kyiv in the invasion's first month
The fiercest fighting now centers around Severodonetsk, one of the last cities in the Lugansk region not under Russian control.Kadyrov had
Kadyrov, a former rebel turned Kremlin loyalist, and his forces of serious human rights abuses in his tightly controlled region.