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The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on February 24.Yelena Afonina/TASS via Getty Images
  • Ramzan Kadyrov said that Russian tactics were too slow in Ukraine.

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A top loyalist of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia's attack on Ukraine had failed and called for a much fiercer onslaught.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, said in a lengthy Telegram post that the approach in the first days of the war hadn't worked.

The post said that the chosen tactics in Ukraine are too slow.

He said that Russian forces had been "armed to the teeth with new weapons, ammunition, heavy equipment of the latest generation."

Kadyrov called on Putin to give harsher orders.

He called for full coordination of the actions of the military, competent alignment of forces and a decisive assault.

Chechnya is a notionally independent region of Russia and is ruled by Kadyrov. He has a reputation as a bloodthirsty leader, and Human Rights Watch says he has made extensive use of torture, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings.

Kadyrov said on Saturday that his fighters had been deployed. His troops are stereotyped as brutal, an image that the Kremlin has exploited in its war propaganda.

The Kremlin has insisted that its military operations are going to plan, despite the fact that key cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv were still standing after several days of Russian attacks.

The UK's defense ministry said early Monday thatlogistical failures and Ukrainian resistance had hampered Russia's ability to achieve its aims.

High-level diplomats from Russia and Ukraine met on Monday to discuss the border between their countries. Military action continued.

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