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Russian President Boris Yeltsin declared victory in Chechnya today, as a Russian flag was raised over the bombed out presidential palace in Grozny. The palace, long the seat of Chechen resistance, was abandoned by the rebels last night. Still says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich, "there's a big difference between declaring victory and actually winning." Indeed Chechen rebels vowed to continue fighting despite the loss of the palace. "They will simply go into the mountains outside Grozny," says Zarakhovich. "This is something that could take years to resolve...
...Grozny, fighting continued as fiercely as ever, with Chechen troops recapturing Grozny's train station and nearly wiping out recent Russian gains. A ceasefire that was supposed to take hold Wednesday at midnight seemed destined to be ignored. Russian President Boris Yeltsin ruled out talks with Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Chechen leaders said they would never lay down their arms...
...naysayers were probably not fully aware of how formidable the Chechen fighters would turn out to be. Many of the mostly Muslim, mountain-tough Chechens who stood up to the tanks are veterans of the Soviet army, and some of the war in Afghanistan. They work in small, highly mobile bands, using their hand-held grenade launchers and antitank weapons to good effect: from upper stories in the city's apartment buildings they have easily pierced and set afire the weak topsides of the Russian tanks. They have the advantage of home turf they have known from childhood. And their...
...December. On Dec. 21, Grachev told the top-level Russian Security Council that once air strikes had knocked out key targets, the ground forces in the region would be reinforced and then would attack the city on Jan. 15. Meanwhile, the invaders failed to seal off the city, allowing Chechen reinforcements to enter...
...crack special teams were deployed first to seize Chechen President Jokhar - Dudayev or immobilize street commanders. Some Russian infantrymen drove into Grozny in long columns of armored personnel carriers, but instead of charging out to fight off the Chechen guerrillas, they stayed buttoned up inside their vehicles. The Chechens used their antitank grenades to blast the Russian armor from the rear and from above. Sometimes they simply blew treads off the lead and last tanks, immobilizing the column. When frightened young Russians climbed out to flee, they were mowed down with rifle fire or captured...