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Russian fighter jets today fired rockets at the presidential palace in Grozny three times, despite Russian President Boris Yeltsin's public order Wednesday to halt furtherair raids on Chechnya's ruined capital. At least one bomb hit the tall concrete building squarely, setting off a fire on the upper floors, but claiming no casualties as Chechen officials kept to the basement and first floor. (Chechnya's president, Dzhokhar Dudayev, reportedly is concealed in a bunker elsewhere.) TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan says the action by the Russian military -- who are no nearer to containing the crisis -- suggests Yeltsin...
With his troops in semi-retreat after an unsuccessful push to end the calamitousChechnya rebellion, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered an end to air strikes that had laid waste to wide areas of the separatist republic's capital, Grozny. It was unclear whether Yeltsin's order, announced as he sent more crack Russian units toward the city, was a prelude to peace talks or a lull before a fresh ground assault. Yeltsin is facing renewed political opposition to the unpopular war at home and abroad. In Moscow, Grigory Yavlinsky, a leading reform lawmaker, called for his resignation. European criticism became...
Chechen rebels held onto the presidential palace in Grozny today, turning back a furious and bloody Russian assault that has seen heavy casualties on both sides. Despite being outnumbered and poorly armed, the rebels pushed the Russian troops out of Grozny's center, forcing Russian President Boris Yeltsin to send reinforcements. Civilian casualties continued as Russian jets, trying to destroy a bridge about seven miles from Grozny, killed at least 10 people in their cars. But Russian soldiers have suffered as well: the military acknowledged that Chechen rebels have captured or destroyed several dozen armed personnel carriers. The rebel soldiers...
With Russian bombs pummeling his secession-bound republic, Chechnya's leader told the Kremlin today that he's ready to talk peace. President Dzhokhar Dudayev sent a telegram to Russian President Boris Yeltsin from a bomb shelter underneath the presidential palace in Grozny, stating he wants to start negotiations. But there was no indication from Russian or Chechen officials that the Chechen demand that all Russian troops leave before talks open would be embraced. Overhead, air strikes continued to pound the devastated city and Moscow did not publicly respond to his overture. Earlier today, the Russian defense minister said that...
...after Russian President Boris Yeltsin appeared to ease up on the secession-bound Chechnya republic, his troops are close to storming the capital city of Grozny, reports TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. Soldiers are currently in the city's suburbs, but plan on overrunning it in a matter of days, sources tell Zarakhovich. Today also brought news of a near-tragedy of ghastly proportions as an orphanage in Grozny was destroyed by an air raid -- even though yesterday Yeltsin pledged to limit civilian casualties. All 47 children escaped death by hiding in a basement bomb shelter. Chechen officials claim that...