Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov\u2019s threats against Ukraine following a drone strike echo a 2022 plot to infiltrate Kyiv and target President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a former Ukrainian government official has said.<\/p>\n
The leader’s latest threat came after a Ukrainian drone reportedly struck a high-rise building near Kadyrov\u2019s home in Grozny on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n
The strike prompted the Chechen strongman to vow retaliation in an online video post, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n
‘This new threat would just be another assassination threat for Zelenskyy. The Chechens are really serious about revenge,’ a former government official told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
‘But in Kyiv they are not panicking about this like they were in 2022,’ the former official said under condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
‘Zelenskyy is now better protected, feels more powerful and is less fragile,’ they said.<\/p>\n
The recent Ukrainian strike, reported by Reuters, hit the 28-story Grozny-City tower that sits roughly 830 meters from Kadyrov\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kadyrov, who is loyal to Russia, later allegedly confirmed the attack in a Telegram post, stating there were no casualties, but he condemned the strike as making ‘no tactical sense.’ <\/p>\n
He also warned that retaliation was imminent.<\/p>\n
‘Starting tomorrow and in the course of the week, the Ukrainian fascists will be feeling a stern response,’ he threatened.<\/p>\n
Unlike Ukraine\u2019s strike, he added, ‘we will not be making a cowardly strike on peaceful targets,’ per Reuters.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian attacks have hit sites in Chechnya before now, including a police barracks and a training academy. Chechen units were also deployed during Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion and were among the Kremlin\u2019s most loyal forces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At the time of the 2022 invasion, the official said there was intense anxiety in Kyiv.<\/p>\n
‘At the beginning of the large-scale invasion in 2022, Chechens were sent to Kyiv to murder top politicians,’ the former official said.<\/p>\n
‘This included Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top politicians from the government and security services and Parliament, and many other agencies.<\/p>\n
‘Zelenskyy and Yermak were very scared,’ they claimed. ‘They were calling from the office, asking some people in the military and security service to secure the metro station in Kyiv.’<\/p>\n
The source said one metro station in Kyiv was a potential infiltration route for the Chechens into Zelenskyy\u2019s presidential bunker.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At the time, the station in Kyiv that was deep underground and near the presidential bunker, was viewed as the most vulnerable entry route, the source said.<\/p>\n
‘They were afraid that Chechens would get to the bunker through this metro station, but in the end the Chechens were killed before they reached Kyiv.<\/p>\n
‘They tried to reach Kyiv, somehow downtown, somehow via the river, but it’s quite a complicated way to get there,’ the former official said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, with the Nov. 5. Grozny strike landing so close to his home, Kadyrov, already one of Putin\u2019s most aggressive enforcers, is signaling a harsher stance as attacks reach inside Russian territory.<\/p>\n
The Moscow Times reported that the drone struck a building that houses regional government offices, including the Chechen Security Council and agencies connected to tourism and religious affairs.<\/p>\n
Despite the rhetoric, the former Ukrainian official claimed Zelenskyy is unfazed this time around.<\/p>\n
‘These days, Zelenskyy isn\u2019t afraid of Kadyrov’s actions against him or the Ukrainian people. Zelenskyy is feeling very powerful right now,’ they added.<\/p>\n
Fox News Digital has reached out to Zelenskyy’s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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