Chechen leader Kadyrov says Russia should fight war in Ukraine to the end

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on August 7, 2025. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - ‌The leader of Russia's Chechnya ‌region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday that ‌he was opposed to talks on ending the war in Ukraine and that Moscow should fight ‍on.

"I believe the war ‍must be taken ‌to its conclusion... I am against negotiations," Kadyrov ‍told ​reporters at the Kremlin, where President Vladimir Putin was meeting ⁠the president of the United Arab ‌Emirates.