Chechen National Army | |
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Chechen: Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri Qoman Eskar | |
Active | 1991–2000 (end of the main combat phase of the Second Chechen War) 2014–present (under the Ukrainian Armed Forces) |
Country | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
Type | Army |
Role | Land warfare |
Headquarters | Grozny (1991–2000) Kyiv, Ukraine (2022–present) |
Sub-branches | General Staff ∟ Army ∟ Air Force |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-Chief | Dzhokhar Dudayev (until 1996) Akhmed Zakayev (current) |
Deputy Commander-in-Chief | Rustam Azhiev |
The Chechen National Army (Chechen: Noxçiyn Respublika Içkerin Theman Niċq̇aş, Нохчийн Республика Ичкерин ТӀеман НицӀкъаш; Russian: Национальная Армия Чеченской Республики Ичкерия, romanized: Natsionalnaya Armiya Chechenskoy Respubliki Ichkeriya) or Chechen Armed Forces are the united militarized formations of the former de facto Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
On October 15, 2022, the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria were officially resurrected in Ukraine by the Government of Ichkeria in exile, with a center being on the units contributing to the Chechen involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such as Separate Special Purpose Battalion,[1] which has seen combat in Bakhmut and Belgorod.