The Kadyrovites have a fearsome reputation and, in the past, have faced repeated allegations of abusing human rights.

Part of their role is to prevent Russian soldiers from fleeing battle by threatening to shoot them if they try to desert.

However, this has enraged Russian soldiers who have now taken matters into their own hands and decided to turn the tables on their Chechen oppressors.

Victor Kovalenko, a former Ukrainian army veteran, said Buriat soldiers in the Russian army had turned their guns on Kadyrov’s militias.

He tweeted: “In the occupied Kiselivka village (near the famous Chornobaivka Russian arms storage) in Kherson province, about 50 Russian soldiers of Buriat nationality opened fire at night at fellow Kadyrovites Chechens.