RUSSIA: RUSSIA'S MILITARY AND CHECHEN REBEL FIGHTERS BOTH REPORT BATTLE SUCCESS PRESENTING CONTRASTING PICTURES OF THE CONFLICT

Record ID: 375975

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIA'S MILITARY AND CHECHEN REBEL FIGHTERS BOTH REPORT BATTLE SUCCESS PRESENTING CONTRASTING PICTURES OF THE CONFLICT
  • Date: 3rd January 2000
  • Summary: DUBA-YURT, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA (JANUARY 3, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. PAN: NIGHT VIEW OF ATTACK (2 SHOTS) 0.42 2. VARIOUS OF MUTILATED BODIES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS (5 SHOTS) 1.09 3. GV: HELICOPTERS IN THE AIR (2 SHOTS) 1.38 4. SLV/MV: TRUCK/ RUSSIAN MILITARY AND CHECHEN REBELS NEGOTIATING EXCHANGE OF BODIES (2 SHOTS) 1.53 5. SV: BODIES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS INSIDE TRUCK (3 SHOTS) 2.12 6. SV: HOSPITAL WITH WOUNDED CIVILIANS AND BODIES 2.19 7. SLV: REFUGEES LEAVING AREA 2.24 ALKHAN KALA, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA (JANUARY 5, 2000) (REUTERS) 8. SV: CHECHEN REFUGEES LEAVING 2.34 9. SV: MEN CARRYING BODY OF CIVILIAN 2.43 10. LV/SLV: WOMEN AND CHILDREN CROSSING BRIDGE (5 SHOTS) 3.19 11. LAS: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) CHECHEN WOMAN " I'm sick and tired of running. We run from both -our own Chechens and Russians." 3.33 12. SLV: JEEP DRIVING THROUGH MUDDY ROAD 3.38 13. VARIOUS: FENCE/ BODY OF RUSSIAN SOLDIER IMPALED ON FENCE (3 SHOTS) 4.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2000 12:00
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  • Location: DUBA-YURT, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7VL3NY46JW9A8XVHA3BVYKMNL
  • Story Text: Russia's military and Chechen rebel fighters have both
    reported battle successes - and presented contrasting pictures
    of the conflict.

    Reuters television on Wednesday (January 5) received
    pictures of the aftermath of the fiece fighting in the Chechen
    village of Duba-Yurt, south of capital Grozny.Russian troops
    began storming the village on New Year's eve, sending tanks
    there.

    Russian Air Force planes and artillery hit targets of
    rebel positions around Duba-Yurt and other nearby villages,
    that are claimed to be the strongholds of Chechen guerrillas.

    Mi-24 helicopter gunships flew 12 sorties to back up ground
    troops.Latest official Russian reports from Chechnya,
    published by Tass, said in the last 24 hours the Russian
    military had killed up to 150 rebels, losing eight of its own
    soldiers.

    Up to 2,000 rebels were resisting Russian troops trying to
    seize Grozny since the end of December.Another 3,000 were
    concentrated in the southern mountains.

    Hundreds of civilians have fled the Chechen village of
    Alkhan-Kala after several hundred Chechen rebels attacked a
    Russian military column there, killing eight soldiers.

    Chechen forces retook four villages outside Grozny in daring
    overnight raids on Wednesday (January 5), as Russia admitted
    its drive to take the city was meeting fierce resistance.

    Around 600 rebels lead by notorious Chechen field commander
    Arbi Barayev attacked Russian troops in the village of
    Alkhan-Kala on the night of January 3.

    In the course of the fighting eight Russian soldiers were
    allegedly killed and 4 were taken prisoner.Chechen forces
    retook four villages outside Grozny in daring overnight raids.

    Villagers fearing both Chechen rebels and Russian forces
    had to flee their homes.Arbi Barayev is held personally
    responsible for numerous kidnappings and killings in Chechnya,
    including the murder 13 months ago of four engeneers from
    Britain and New Zealand.

    Several days ago Russian military announced that Barayev
    had been killed in a wave of air raids on rebel villages.

    Chechen fighters, however, denied the reports.

    Villagers fearing both Chechen rebels and Russian forces
    had to flee their homes.


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