What a time to be alive
Kadyrov claimed Thursday that the vehicle, which he said had been outfitted with a machine gun and was “performing well in combat,” had been shut down, adding Friday that he had sent two additional Tesla Cybertrucks to the frontline.
Basically legitimacy and having army. Oxford definition is "a military commander, especially an aggressive regional commander with individual autonomy." Kadyrov technically would be a warlord from the Russian point of view, but he's the legal head of federated state and his army is legal too and do legal things, he also have relevant and real rank in RF forces.