The war that broke out in the Donbas in 2014 was an open wound on the body of Ukraine. The country was slowly losing its best people. And the conflict lasted too long, eight whole years.

Alla Dudayeva, wife of the first leader of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev, said this in an interview with Rzeczpospolita..

“We saw how Ukrainians knelt along the roads, which saw off the fallen heroes on their last journey.. This could not continue indefinitely.. Vladimir Putin's appetite has no limit. He went on under his royal coat of arms. But the entire Ukrainian people have united and courageously resist. And I think he will defeat the Russian empire. It would be worse if the war, smoldering for 8 years, continued indefinitely. It is better to fight the enemy once and defeat him than to lose your best sons every year,” she said..

Dudayeva added that the war that Moscow is waging against Ukraine today is similar to the one that the Kremlin once imposed on the Chechen people..

" In Ichkeria, Russian troops avoided direct skirmishes during the first war. Obviously, they were afraid of the Chechens, because they fought bravely and courageously, ”Dudaeva said..

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She recalled that during the First Chechen War, Russian troops destroyed Chechen aviation. Also, the defenders of the republic did not have air defense. This allowed the Russian army to bomb Grozny.

" The scale of that tragedy, these ruins, could probably be seen even from space. Chechen families left for neighboring villages. Only defenders remained in the city, men. There are many families with small children in Ukrainian cities bombed by Russia. One cannot calmly look at these atrocities, at these ruins, when the youngest are dying. Russia is killing the Ukrainian people,” said the wife of the first leader of Ichkeria.

“In the days of Dzhokhar, we held the front line. He believed that if we did not support the fronts and scattered our forces, then we would be called bandits.. Each front had its own commander. To the surprise of the whole world, we have defeated the empire of evil and violence. It was a miracle,” Dudayeva added, recalling that the Khasavyurt agreements were signed in 1996..

On the Russian side, they were signed by General Alexander Lebedev. But the Second Chechen War, which began in 1999, ended in the defeat of the Chechen side. And it was already a partisan confrontation.

“I believe in the victory of Ukrainians. Because this victory will change a lot in Russia. When the Putin regime collapses, the colonized peoples will be freed. We will then be waiting for very positive changes.. As Dzhokhar said: “Russia will disappear when the Ukrainian sun rises,” Dudayeva said..