Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov said on Sunday that a Russian military offensive will not only “liberate” cities in Ukraine’s Donbas region but will also target the capital city of Kyiv and “all other cities.”

The comments by the leader of Russia’s republic of Chechnya were made in a video posted to the social media platform Telegram, in which Kadyrov, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top strongmen, spoke from his office with maps and satellite images scattered across his desk.
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