RUSSIA: RUSSIAN FORCES ONCE AGAIN POUND GROZNY AND NEIGHBOURING TOWNS OF GEKHI AND URUS-MARTAN

Record ID: 636774

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIAN FORCES ONCE AGAIN POUND GROZNY AND NEIGHBOURING TOWNS OF GEKHI AND URUS-MARTAN
  • Date: 19th November 1999
  • Summary: GROZNY, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA (NOVEMBER 19, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. SLV: AFTERMATH OF THE BOMBING IN GROZNY 0.08 2. VARIOUS: VARIOUS BUILDINGS ON FIRE (4 SHOTS) 0.28 URUS-MARTAN, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA (NOVEMBER 19, 1999) (REUTERS) 3. LAS: RUSSIAN PLANE IN THE AIR 0.44 4. MLV/SV'S: VIEW OF THE RUINED VILLAGE/ TURKEYS IN THE SHELLED YARD (3 SHOTS) 1.06 5. MLV: VILLAGER RENAT MUSAYEV SHOWING MISSILE THAT FELL NEAR HIS HOUSE 1.14 6. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) VILLAGER RENAT MUSSAYEV SAYING "I'm a peaceful villager of Gekhi. The missile exploded near my house killing and wounding several people. They want to destroy us as if we're the bandits." 1.29 7. SV: DEAD COW UNDER THE RUBBLE 1.34 8. SV/GV/SV: PARTS OF THE MISSILE LYING IN YARD/DAMAGED BUILDING (3 SHOTS) 2.00 9. SCU: WOUNDED CALF 2.10 10. MLV: DEBRIS LYING IN YARD 2.15 GEKHI, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA (NOVEMBER 19, 1999) (REUTERS) 11. MV: RESIDENTS HIDING IN BASEMENT 2.24 12. MV/SV: WOMEN AND CHILDREN INSIDE CELLAR (2 SHOTS) 2.40 13. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RESIDENT RAISA KAKAYEVA SAYING "Those who could leave, who had connections, have already left. We have nowhere to go and we don't want to leave our land." 2.53 14. MV: WOMEN SITTING 2.59 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th December 1999 12:00
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  • Location: GROZNY, GEKHI AND URUS-MARTAN, CHECHNYA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA10ZX6J55414VHRX4JFB7F56EV
  • Story Text: Russian forces have once again pounded Grozny and
    neighbouring towns of Gekhi and Urus-Martan.Russian troops
    now control routes to Grozny from the west and north.

    Eight weeks into their offensive in Chechnya, Russian
    troops are moving through villages and towns in the separatist
    region, closing in on the capital Grozny.

    Several houses in the city and nearby villages sustained
    considerable damage from rockets and shells.

    Smashed beams protruded through shattered roofs and rooms
    were covered in broken glass and wrecked furniture.Jets
    roared overhead, gunfire crackled at irregular intervals and
    plumes of smoke rose in the distance.

    In the village of Gekhi residents showed parts of
    missiles that ruined several houses and killed cattle.Renat
    Musayev, a resident of Gekhi, said the missile exploded right
    near his home, wounding several people.

    "They want to destroy us as if we're the bandits," said
    Musayev.Residents of the rebel-held town of Urus-Martan, 15
    km (nine miles) northwest of Grozny, collected the bodies of
    men in civilian clothes at the weekend from roadsides and
    wrecked buildings.

    Many Urua-Martan residents collected their belongings
    and left the town.Others, especially women and children, hid
    from air attacks in the basements."We have nowhere to go and
    we don't want to leave our land," said resident Raisa Kakayeva.


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