WARLORD’S BEAST
Putin’s attack dog Ramzan Kadyrov flaunts Tesla ‘from Elon Musk’ with machine GUN bolted to roof ‘ready for combat’
Watch the warlord drive the battle-ready truck around
VLADIMIR Putin's attack dog Ramzan Kadyrov has flaunted a new Tesla Cybertruck which he claims to have received from Elon Musk.
The Chechen warlord has since attached a massive machine gun to the back and pledged to send it to the frontline in Ukraine.
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A new clip released by the strongman shows him driving the electric truck around his presidential palace.
He also stands behind the huge weapon draped in its ammo belt as if he was going to fire it.
Kadyrov said he "fell in love" with the motor and described the Tesla as a "Cyberbeast".
Flaunting the machine on Telegram, he profusely thanked the Tesla owner and invited him to visit Chechnya.
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He said: "A real invulnerable and fast animal. A manoeuvrable car that develops excellent speed and overcomes obstacles.
"I express my sincere gratitude to Elon Musk! He is, of course, one of the greatest geniuses and specialists of our time. A great man!
"Elon, thank you! Come to Grozny, and I will welcome you as the most honoured guest!"
In a post on X on Monday, Musk denied donating the truck to Kadyrov.
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He said: "Are you seriously so r******* that you think I donated a Cybertruck to a Russian general?
"Yet another example of how much the legacy media lies."
Video of Vladimir Putin's vast 'private army' led by Ramzan Kadyrov, the warlord leader of Chechnya
Kadyrov has been a staunch supporter of Putin's invasion of Ukraine and sent his Chechen fighters as part of the tyrant's "special military operation".
Now, he has also pledged to send the modified Tesla.
He said: "It's a truly invulnerable and fast machine. A manoeuvrable vehicle that reaches excellent speeds and overcomes obstacles.
"Based on these excellent characteristics, the Cybertruck will soon be sent to the Special Military Operation (SMO) zone, where it will be in demand in the appropriate conditions.
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"I am confident this 'beast' will be of great benefit to our fighters."
It comes as reports of Kadyrov have emerged claiming he is seriously ill with pancreatic necrosis and "no hope of recovery".
Kadyrov has been described as the son Putin has never had and has been a strong supporter of Putin's Ukraine invasion.
The warlord lives an obscenely lavish life and flaunting his wealth around and was first diagnosed with a mystery condition in January 2019.
In the post, Kadyrov also says he is "looking forward" to Elon's "new developments that will contribute to the completion of the SMO".
Kadyrov's donation of the Tesla to his fighters comes as Chechen troops have been captured by Ukraine in their surprise invasion of Kursk.
Ukrainian troops have posted videos of taped up Chechen POWs with the 225th Assault Brigade also claiming to have ID cards of wounded Chechen fighters.
The surprise attack caught Russia off guard, with its best troops already fighting in Ukraine.
Ukraine has since captured dozens of towns and 1,150 square kilometres of Russian territory.
Inside Ukraine's invasion of Russia
Why has the Ukrainian invasion of Russia been so successful?
A DARING Ukrainian military push into Russia's Kursk region has become the largest attack on the country since World War Two.
Kyiv's forces have seized scores of villages, taken hundreds of prisoners and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.
After more than a week of fighting, Russian troops are still struggling to drive out the invaders.
Why has Russian military been caught so unprepared?
- A long undefended border
Russia's regions of Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod share a 720-mile border with Ukraine - including a 152-mile section in the Kursk region.
And it only had symbolic protection before Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022.
It's been reinforced since then with checkpoints on key roads and field fortifications in places - but not enough to repel a Ukrainian assault.
The most capable Russian units are fighting in eastern Ukraine, leaving the border vulnerable to attack.
- Element of surprise
Ukrainian troops participating in the incursion were reportedly only told about their mission a day before it began.
The secrecy contrasted with last year's counteroffensive - when Ukraine openly declared its goal of cutting the land corridor to annexed Crimea.
Ukraine ended up failing as troops trudged through Russian minefields and were pummelled by artillery and drones.
But in Kursk, Ukrainian troops didn't face any of these obstacles.
Battle-hardened units easily overwhelmed Russian border guards and small infantry units made up of inexperienced conscripts.
The Ukrainians drove deep into the region in several directions - facing little resistance and sowing chaos and panic.
- Russia's slow response
The Russian military command initially relied on warplanes and choppers to try to stop the onslaught.
At least one Russian helicopter gunship was shot down and another was damaged.
Moscow began pulling in reinforcements, managing to slow Ukraine's advances - but failed to completely block troops.
The offensive, launched last Tuesday, has resulted in mass evacuation of Russian civilians in both Kursk and nearby Belgorod.
Some 200,000 civilians have now been evacuated from their homes as Russian officials scramble to deal with the invasion.
Ukrainian troops are now 30km inside Russia 11 days after the attack and are looking to cut Russia's supply lines as they advance.
Kyiv destroyed a key bridge over the over the River Seym in Kursk yesterday in a HIMARS strike near the town of Glushkovsky.
One stretch of the deck collapsed into the river after it was pounded by the direct hit making crossing impossible.
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But, satellite images show that Russia has already set up a temporary crossing further down the river.
Putin has been humiliated by the invasion, which captured the same amount of land in eight days as Russia had in eight months.
Who is Ramzan Kadyrov?
VLADIMIR Putin's Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov has been a staunch supporter of the war in Ukraine.
The former separatist rebel fought against the Russians in the First Chechen War, only to change sides and join Moscow in the second conflict in 1999.
Human rights groups say he personally oversees the torture of political opponents in secret dungeons and runs death squads known as "Kadyrovites".
Ramzan Kadyrov was born in Chechnya in 1976, and like many men of his generation has lived a life largely defined by two brutal wars that ripped through the republic in the 1990s and 2000s.
In the first Chechen war of 1994 to 1996, he fought alongside his father, Akhmad Kadyrov, for the Chechen separatist cause.
But in 1999, after Mr Putin launched the second Chechen war to restore Russian control over the break away republic, the Kadyrovs changed sides.
Akhmad was subsequently installed as the pro-Russian president of the republic.
When he was assassinated in 2004, the baton of pro-Russian leadership passed to his stocky son.
The tracksuit wearing bodybuilder was not an obvious politician after being backed by Putin, he quickly become one of the most powerful men in Russia.
But as he has grown more powerful, he has become an increasingly divisive figure in Russian politics.
To supporters, he is a Russian patriot who has brought peace to a war ravaged region, presided over unprecedented post-war recovery and reconstruction.
To his enemies he is a turn-coat rebel who has turned Chechnya into his personal fiefdom where Russian law doesn’t apply, and who has used terror and murder to crush not only the separatist Islamist insurgency, but political rivals, human rights activists, and domestic dissenters.
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