"If there is any sort of kick off in Chechnya, the question is who would deal with it when his armies, I think 97% of all operational ground forces are currently deployed to Ukraine."

Putin's delicate web of allies have a tendency to undermine Russia and underestimate Ukraine says Mark Galeotti discussing concerns that the leader of Chechnya could be dying.

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