Here's a report from Memorial about the situation before, during and after the war. Put it in a translator if you have problems understanding Russian. https://memohrc.org/sites/default/files/rossia-chechnia_1edi...
Here's a stenography of Govorukhin's statement before the Duma about the Samashka incident.
https://www.warchechnya.ru/doklad-govoruhina-v-gosdume-o-zac...
I think it will give you a glimpse of what happened on the ground in Chechnya and you can compare both sources.
> Blinken summarized it pretty well [...]
If Blinken says so, it must be true!
> About Ukrainian identity: this type of struggles unite people into a nation.
I have family in western Ukraine on my mothers side, your statement is oversimplified at best.
> I do not know you personally, but your writing like a Russian shill.
I saw that you're from WA USA and I didn't expect anything else from you.
Russia does not have the strongest army. Blinken summarized it pretty well: Russian Army is not the second strongest in the world, it is the second strongest in Ukraine.
About Ukrainian identity: this type of struggles unite people into a nation.
I do not know you personally, but your writing like a Russian shill.