MOSCOW, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday that a Ukrainian drone had struck and damaged a high-rise building in Grozny, capital of Russia’s southern Chechnya region, and vowed to retaliate within a week.
Kadyrov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the drone had caused no casualties. He said the strike on a complex of buildings “made no tactical sense”.
“Starting from tomorrow and in the course of the week, the Ukrainian fascists will be feeling a stern response,” Kadyrov said in a later Telegram post.
“Except, unlike them, we will not be making a cowardly strike on peaceful targets.”
Ukrainian attacks have previously hit a number of sites in Chechnya, including a police barracks and a military training academy.
Kadyrov has been a vocal supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and contributed Chechen forces.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Kevin Liffey, Ron Popeski and David Gregorio)
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