Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov threatened Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday and said he thinks the Ukrainian president has a serious mental disorder.
Kadyrov, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top allies, accused Zelensky of having schizophrenia and said in an audio message posted on his Telegram account, “We will finish with you one of these days.” The leader of the Chechen Republic of Russia was responding to comments made by Zelensky on Sunday in which the Ukrainian leader said his country is prepared to fight Russian forces for “10 years to take what’s ours.”
“Greetings, all. I read here that Zelensky announced his readiness to fight for 10 years. Come on, we don’t have that much time. We will finish with you one of these days. You have schizophrenia, I think,” Kadyrov said in the audio recording.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which afflicted people interpret reality abnormally, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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In an interview that aired on CNN Sunday, Zelensky vowed to fight Russian invaders for 10 years if necessary and said he will not give up any territory in eastern Ukraine to Russia as part of a peace deal.
Kadyrov is no stranger to making threats.
In a video message posted on his Telegram earlier this month, after Russian forces had retreated from the Kyiv region, Kadyrov warned that a future offensive would take the capital city and “all other cities.”
“Luhansk and Donetsk, we will fully liberate in the first place … and then take Kyiv and all other cities,” the Chechen leader said on April 10.
Kadyrov’s forces were behind an assassination attempt against Zelensky early in the war, according to Ukrainian officials. The plot by Chechen special forces, known as the “Kadyrovites,” was foiled, and Kadyrov’s troops were “destroyed.”
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Kadyrov has also warned SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, saying in March that Putin would beat “the hell out” of Musk and calling the business tycoon a “much weaker opponent.” The warning came after Musk challenged the Russian president to a judo match on social media.
