Word: chechen
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Though Russia sent in a heavy force on Dec. 11 to stop the rebellion, and the Chechens vowed to fight, both sides appeared to be drawing back from a blood-soaked showdown. As many as 40,000 Russian troops converged on the Chechen capital of Grozny but were holding off on a final assault. Yeltsin extended for 48 hours, until Saturday midnight, an ultimatum for Chechens to surrender their weapons. His first ultimatum was a flat failure; as it was about to expire Thursday, the Moscow news agency TASS reported that "not a single gun has been turned...
...after Chechen forces virtually ran out of ammunition, Russian planes and artillery unleashed a bitter offensive on Grozny, the capital of the separatist republic. The offensive killed 24 civilians, including a American freelance photographer. Scenes of carnage dotted the city after the first daylight air raid in the civil war -- a sign that Russia is now pushing to end what has become a quagmire. But a speedy end to the fighting would come despite fierce Chechen resistance, overwhelming domestic opposition and turmoil in the Russian military command. Several Russian generals have disobeyed orders or sharply criticized Defense Minister Pavel Grachev...
Soldiers of the breakaway Caucasian republic of Chechnya refused to surrender despite running out of ammunition today, but the lapse in rebel shelling allowed Russian jets a free corridor to bomb the Chechen capital, Grozny. But, the Kremlin -- which faces mounting domestic opposition to the attacks -- today admitted that the fighting had gone on longer than Russian officials anticipated, although they attributed the delays to efforts to limit civilian casualties. (Several international military analysts said Russian troops' lack of battle-readiness was the real reason.) There was also no sign Russia was nearing its goal of encircling Grozny with troops...
Russian rockets slammed Grozny, capital of separatist Chechnya, Monday night as Moscow tightened its grip on the breakaway republic, while hundreds of thousands of Chechen villagers lined roadways and linked arms in a peaceful protest against advancing Russian troops. Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev said 120 people died in the missile attack and denounced Russia for the "mass killing of peaceful citizens." Chechen radio said the Russian attacks targeted residential areas and administrative buildings. A Russian government statement acknowledged the worsening situation in Grozny but blamed Dudayev, saying he's holding his own people hostage. Meanwhile, Russia closed its borders with...
...advanced toward the heart of Chechnya amid fierce shelling today, after the separatist republic snubbed a Saturday ultimatum from Moscow to drop their arms and the effort to open peace talks failed Sunday. While Russian warplanes set a gas refinery on fire in a bombing raid outside the Chechen capital, Grozny, and two missiles hit the city directly, Russian troops, sent into the Caucasus mountain region last week, encountered heavy resistance. But President Boris Yeltsin faced growing opposition to the intervention as thousands of worried parents sent Yeltsin telegrams asking for information about their sons, and today, a former prime...