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War (Russian: Война, translit. Voina ) is a 2002 Russian war film by Aleksei Balabanov about the Second Chechen War , starring Aleksei Chadov and Ian Kelly . Plot
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the First Chechen War (1994–1996), the Dagestan incursions (1999), the Second Chechen War (1999–2009), the Insurgency in Ingushetia (2009–2017), the Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) and the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus (2017–present).
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. 1999–2009 conflict in Chechnya and the North Caucasus This article is about the war during the period of 1999–2009. For the following conflict in North Caucasus, see Insurgency in the North Caucasus. Second Chechen War Part of the Chechen-Russian conflict and the Post-Soviet ...
The Chechen–Russian conflict (Russian: Чеченский конфликт, romanized: Chechensky konflikt; Chechen: Нохчийн-Оьрсийн дов, romanized: Noxçiyn-Örsiyn dov) was the centuries-long ethnic and political conflict, often armed, between the Russian, Soviet and Imperial Russian governments and various Chechen forces.
The goal of a regimental combat group task force of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) tactical group in the area, based on the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 76th Division and including also teams from the GRU Spetsnaz, and the elite Vympel group of the FSB, was to block an exit from a gorge, while other Russian forces attempted to encircle a large Chechen force departing the village of ...
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 21 - Nine Russian soldiers were killed and two wounded by a remote-controlled car bomb, which went off as a column of military vehicles drove by. [21]
They demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya and an end to the Second Chechen War. The crisis was resolved when Russian security services released sleeping gas into the building, and subsequently stormed it, killing all 40 hostage takers. 132 hostages died, largely due to the effects of the gas. [2] [3] [4]