During the war in Ukraine, Kadyrov's personal army increased almost three times (video)

Until a full -scale invasion of Ukraine under the control of Kadyrov there were seven militant units. At the end of 2024, this number increased to 20 different formations. With the onset of the large -scale war of Russia against Ukraine, the number of personal army of Chechnya Kadyrov's head of Chechnya Kadyrov has tripled, confirming the data of the Investigation "Project. Details".

By 2022, Kadyrov controlled 7 units, mainly from the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rosgvardia, with a total number of about 6-8 thousand soldiers. According to the investigation, by December 2024, the number of units controlled by it increased to 20, including formations from the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which were not previously part of its area of ​​influence.

Ten units are new formations, eight are formally subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, two units - "Rosgvardia". On February 25, 2022, about 12,000 people were present at Kadyrov's review, although the exact distribution of them by units remains unknown. At the last review at the end of 2024 Kadyrov declared 25,000 participants. However, it is unknown whether they were all part of official law enforcement agencies.

Power units under the management of Kadyrov have different numbers and purpose: by the end of 2024, new units appeared in the structure of Kadyrov: two additional regiments "Rosgvardi"-94th and 96th, battalion of operational purpose, regiment of police for protection of objects , as well as 8 units from the Ministry of Defense of Russia. We will remind, in October it was reported that Kadyrov's troops began to leave checkpoints in the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region.