Chechen leader says Russian forces seized control of Ukrainian border village

The leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Sunday that Russian forces, led by a Chechen-based special forces unit, have seized control of a Ukrainian border village.

Kadyrov, who has led his South Caucasus region as a Kremlin loyalist since 2007, said the Akhmat-Chechnya unit led Russian troops in taking control of Ukraine’s Ryzhivka, in Sumy region, opposite the southern Russia region of Kursk.