{"id":123715,"date":"2026-09-16T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/kadyrovs-son-stands-out-once-again-at-just-18-years-old-he-has-his-own-military-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:38:53","slug":"kadyrovs-son-stands-out-once-again-at-just-18-years-old-he-has-his-own-military-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/kadyrovs-son-stands-out-once-again-at-just-18-years-old-he-has-his-own-military-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadyrov&#8217;s son stands out once again. At just 18 years old, he has his own military unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ramzan Kadyrov&#8217;s son, just 18 years old, has his own military unit. Adam is in charge of the &#8220;Dostum K-13&#8221; group.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fighters are deployed in areas belonging to the Akhmat rapid intervention unit. Previously, the press wrote that young people from Adam Kadyrov&#8217;s group stop drivers and inspect their cars.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My friend K-13 also has an Instagram channel where he posts videos of &#8220;center employees&#8221; in action, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/09\/16\/u-18-letnego-sina-glavi-chechni-poyavilas-lichnaya-armiya-a206240\">The Moscow Times<\/a>. In the published video sequences, they are shown learning how to take down drones and control unmanned vehicles.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Kadirov has already received the distinction of Hero of Chechnya from his father twice, and has held several high-ranking positions in the region. From the age of 16, his father entrusted him to lead his security service.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Junior Kadyrov already has over 20 awards, despite being involved in several scandals and implicated in crimes. The press wrote that he caused a fatal accident in the city of Grozny and that he beat a man detained for burning the Quran &#8211; the holy book of Muslims.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramzan Kadyrov&#8217;s son, just 18 years old, has his own military unit. Adam is in charge of the &#8220;Dostum K-13&#8221; group. The fighters are deployed in areas belonging to the Akhmat rapid intervention unit. Previously, the press wrote that young people from Adam Kadyrov&#8217;s group stop drivers and inspect their cars. My friend K-13 also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":84510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[20117,20115,20113,20116,20114],"class_list":["post-123715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-adam-kadirov-2","tag-fighters-2","tag-military-unit-2","tag-ramzan-kadyrov","tag-son-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kadyrov&#039;s son stands out once again. At just 18 years old, he has his own military unit - DISINFO.MD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kadyrov&#039;s son stands out once again. 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