Chechen leader and Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov has declared victory over the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk. -snip- Kadyrov has now claimed that "warriors from the Chechen Republic, together with the people's militia of the LPR and other Russian power units, completed the total cleansing of Severodonetsk." He added: "The fighters moved on to the next stage - a more thorough random check of individual urban objects." Kadyrov also stated: "The fighters know their business very well and therefore act with composure inherent in professionals."