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April 6 - Five Russian soldiers have been killed in Chechnya when their armoured vehicle detonated a mine outside Grozny.; April 14 - Russia forces have launched a major operation in southern Chechnya involving aircraft and heavy guns against the Vedensky District after the Chechen guerrillas claimed the lives of nine Russian servicemen in explosions and hit-and-run tactics attacks.
Cadets of the Ichkeria Chechen National Guard, 1999 Situation in Chechnya in the period between the end of the First Chechen War and the beginning of the Second Chechen War: In red the territory under the control of the Russian Federation, in green the territory under the control of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and in grey the areas under ...
The following lists detail the incidents of guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency in the republic of Chechnya and the rest of the North Caucasus since the official end of the main Russian offensive by early May 2000. The lists are incomplete and the actual casualty count is much higher.
Chechen rebels also fired automatic weapons and lobbed grenades at a military commander's office, killing two soldiers and wounding 10. August 19 - Fighting persisted in Chechnya, with six Russian servicemen killed and 11 others wounded. August 20 - Fighting in Chechnya left eight Russian soldiers and 12 rebels dead.
August 11, 2001 - 6 Russian policemen were killed and nine injured in Chechnya by in the blast of remote-controlled bomb detonated under their armoured vehicle. 11 other soldiers were wounded during a gun battle in the Vedensky District region south-east of Grozny after a convoy came under fire, and military said three chechen fighters were killed.
The hostage-takers demanded termination of the use of artillery and air forces in Chechnya starting the next day (Russian forces ceased using heavy weapons until 28 September), a halt to the notorious zachistka ("mopping-up") operations, and that President of Russia Vladimir Putin should publicly declare that he was striving to stop the war in ...
WASHINGTON — Launched by Moscow in 1999, the second Chechen war elevated the stature of Russia’s new and then little-known prime minister, a former intelligence officer named Vladimir Putin.
The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when Chechen insurgents killed about 8 [1] and wounded two republican OMON special police officers. The ambush occurred just 90 meters from Chechnya's main police headquarters .