Chechen units ready to deploy to Iran in the event of US ground invasion: Reports

Chechen military units have announced their readiness to deploy to Iran to support the Iranian armed forces in the event of a US ground invasion, according to reports.

The forces, loyal to Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, describe the ongoing American-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic of Iran as a religious war.

They describe their possible direct intervention as a jihad - a battle of good versus evil - in defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran against American and allied forces.

The development comes as the unprovoked and illegal US-Israeli war against Iran continues to intensify, with reports that the US forces, on the orders of President Donald Trump, are pressing for a ground offensive after the failure of the air campaign over the past several weeks.

The war was launched on February 28, in the middle of indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, some top-ranking commanders and ordinary civilians, including over 170 schoolchildren in southern Iran’s Minab.

In response, Iranian armed forces have so far carried out 86 waves of missile and drone strikes against Israeli military and strategic facilities as well as US bases and assets across the Persian Gulf region.

Pertinently, the presence of Ukrainian forces openly supporting the US and Israel in the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran is also significant.

Their involvement is widely seen as a warning to Russia regarding the broader trajectory of the war, potentially linking its fate to the protracted war between Moscow and Kyiv.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the UN Security Council on Monday, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, condemned Ukraine's admission that it has dispatched "hundreds of experts" to the region, stating that Kyiv is actively participating in the military aggression launched by the US and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic.

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