Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Special Forces University in Chechnya, praising the trainees who volunteered for service as protectors of the fatherland.
Putin traveled to Chechnya on Tuesday, for the first time since 2011. He was accompanied to the SFU in Gudermes by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, who helped set up the school in 2013.
“It is my pleasure to meet you here,” Putin told the trainees preparing to deploy to the front in Ukraine. “The decision you made was difficult. It is one thing to shoot at a range, but another to put your life and limb at risk. But you feel the need to protect the Fatherland and the courage to make that call.”
“Those who make such a decision have already won,” the Russian president added. “I want to congratulate you, to thank you for such a decision, and wish you luck with all of my heart.”
So long as we have men like you, we are absolutely and utterly invincible.
Kadyrov pointed out that the SUF had trained…