Russian President Vladimir Putin’s close ally has warned Ukraine will see “a real special operation” within days if it does not surrender. The threat came from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has backed Putin since the time he launched an offensive in Ukraine.

Kadyrov has frequently posted videos calling on Ukrainian forces to give up. In some of the videos he also claimed that he himself was in Ukraine.

“One of these days, you will see a real special operation,” he said in a video message posted online on Sunday. He termed Ukrainians “shaitans,” which means devil or evil spirits in Islamic theology.

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“It will be seen how these devils flee not only from these cities, but also from Ukraine,” he said. “So we are preparing, and we will please the real patriots of Russia.”

In a caption in Russian, Kadyrov said that Moscow’s forces will use “new tactics” in Ukraine in the coming days.

“More effective and faster results will be achieved in conducting a special operation,” he added.

“As confirmation of my statements, I will upload video evidence of the destruction of the Nazis, devils and Ukrainian occupation equipment.”

Kadyrov also issued a warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “I warn Zelensky for the last time!” he wrote. “Raise your hands and go out to the square with the words ‘Don’t shoot, folks, I surrender!’ Otherwise, you are DEAD!”

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Last week, Kadyrov said he was ready to attack Poland if it does not “take back” the weapons it had supplied to Ukraine to help fight Russian forces.

“After Ukraine, if we’re given the command, in six seconds we’ll show you what we’re capable of,” he said.

Kadyrov’s latest comments come as Russian troops returned to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and carried out several attacks, which the city saw after nearly six weeks. Missiles hit a facility that was housing several tanks and other weapons obtained by Ukraine from its allies. 

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced that the US was sending more advanced rocket systems and munitions to “defend their territory from Russian advances.”

Biden added: “We will continue to lead the world in providing historic assistance to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom.”

However, in an interview on Sunday, Putin said his military will attack new targets if long-range missiles are sent to Ukraine.

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“If it now comes to rockets and they are supplied, we will draw conclusions from that, and employ our weapons that we have in sufficient quantities to strike those facilities that we are not attacking so far,” he said in an interview with Rossiya-1.