The leader of the Russian Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said today that he is against negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and that Moscow should continue the fighting, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
"I believe the war should be brought to an end [...] I am against negotiations", Kadyrov told reporters in the Kremlin, where President Vladimir Putin met with the president of the United Arab Emirates.
Kadyrov, who describes himself as "Putin's foot soldier", is a known warmonger. His comments echoed the hard-line view that Russia is winning the four-year-old war and must continue, even as US President Donald Trump steps up diplomatic efforts to end it, Reuters reported.
However, the decision on whether and when to end the war is entirely in Putin's hands, Reuters reported. The Kremlin has said Russia would prefer to achieve its goals in Ukraine through diplomacy, but if that is not possible, it will do so by military means.
The leader of the Russian autonomous republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, posted a video message on his Telegram channel a month ago after a Ukrainian drone attack on a high-rise building in Grozny, in which he called on the people of Ukraine to oppose the war with Russia, TASS reported.
"When you are alone, they tear you apart. Come out and have your say. They are killing your children, destroying. <...> So come out and have your say," Kadyrov said in his address. He noted that when Ukrainian soldiers are taken prisoner, they ask not to be returned.
"Be careful, otherwise you will completely lose your nation. If there is at least one man in Ukraine, he must stand at the head, and the people must follow him," Kadyrov added.