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Matthew Dresch

Vladimir Putin's henchman sends sons aged 14 to 16 into Ukraine war after nuke threat

Vladimir Putin's warlord henchman Ramzan Kadyrov is sending his sons to fight in Ukraine.

It comes just two days after the Chechen despot called on his idol Putin to use nuclear weapons in the war.

Kadyrov has now announced that his three teenage sons are heading for the frontline, including his 14-year-old boy Adam.

The tyrant previously took his rifle-toting son on a tour of a hospital in the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Kadyrov wrote on Russia 's VK social media site: "Akhmat, Eli and Adam are 16, 15 and 14 years old respectively.

"But their military training began a long time ago, almost from an early age.

Kadyrov previously took his 14-year-old son Adam (pictured) on a hospital tour in Ukraine (social media /east2west news)

"I always believed that the main goal of any father is to instil piety in his sons and teach them to protect the family, people, and Fatherland. If you want peace, prepare for war!

"Akhmat, Eli and Adam are ready to use their skills. And I'm not kidding.

"The time has come to show themselves in a real fight, and this is their desire, I only welcome.

"Soon they will go to the frontline and will be on the most difficult sections of the line of contact.

"I appeal to the empty talkers who claimed that my relatives do not take part in the SVO (special military operation): in the near future you will have the opportunity to take positions with the guys and personally see that AKHMAT (the Chechen special forces unit) is POWER!

"Show on the spot your spirit, your ideology and what you are like in general. Prove that you are at least a little bit of a man.

"I am also addressing you, the couch Chechen-speaking 'warriors' who criticize us and sit in front of computers in Europe.

"Come on, move to Ukraine, convince us that you don't wear skirts and don't hide behind them."

The Chechen leader called on Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine (Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

It comes after Kadyrov said Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after its loss of the stronghold of Lyman.

Kadyrov slammed top commanders for their failings and wrote on Telegram: "In my personal opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons."

He was speaking a day after President Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions - including Donetsk, where Lyman is located.

They were placed under Russia's nuclear umbrella, saying Moscow would defend the lands it had seized "with all our strength and all our means".

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