Russia sends Chechen special forces to protect airbase in Syria

The "West" and "East" special forces battalions of the Russian Defense Ministry stationed in the Chechen Republic will guard the Hmeymim airbase in Syria.

Russia sends Chechen special forces to protect airbase in Syria.

The newspaper "Izvestia" reported that two military units were created in 2003, and for a long time were supplemented with native Chechen residents, thus bearing the unofficial name "Chechen special forces".

As experts predict: the servicemen of these two battalions will become a reliable force protecting the Russian air force from the sabotage of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS). The two special forces battalions "West" and "East" have a lot of experience in fighting in mountainous and urbanized areas.

Such skills, experts say, are essential to ensure the security of Russian military bases in Syria.

According to Sputnik