Chechen military units have announced their readiness to be deployed in Iran to support Iranian armed forces in the event of a US ground invasion, PressTV reported.
Forces loyal to Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, are describing the ongoing US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic of Iran as a "religious war". They see their possible direct intervention as a jihad - a battle of good against evil, in defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the US.
The development comes against the backdrop of the unprovoked US-Israeli war against Iran. In recent days, there have been claims that Donald Trump is pushing for a ground operation in Iran after the failure of the air campaign over the past few weeks.
The war began on February 28, during indirect talks between Tehran and Washington, with the assassination of the leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, some senior commanders and civilians, including over 170 schoolchildren in Minab in southern Iran.
In response, the Iranian armed forces carried out 86 waves of missile and drone strikes against Israeli military and strategic sites, as well as against American bases and assets in the Persian Gulf region.
The presence of Ukrainian forces, openly supporting the United States and Israel in their war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, is also significant. Their participation is seen as a warning to Russia about the wider trajectory of the war, potentially linking its fate to the protracted war between Moscow and Kiev.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of the UN Security Council on Monday, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani condemned Ukraine's admission that it had sent "hundreds of experts" to the region, saying Kiev was actively participating in the military aggression launched by the US and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic.