Rebels kill three Russian soldiers in Chechnya
MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Three Russian servicemen died in a clash with Chechen separatists when they stumbled upon the rebels' forest camp, local media reported on Saturday.
The group of around 20 rebels retreated after the clash on Friday in the Kurchaloi, east of the capital Grozny, apparently without loss, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies reported.
Such clashes are rare in the winter when the lack of natural cover in Chechnya's forests keeps rebels under cover, but frequent during warmer periods of a war that has ground on for 11 years and developed into a bitter guerrilla insurgency.
Later on Saturday, Chechnya's pro-Moscow parliament is due to approve the candidacy of strongman Ramzan Kadyrov as prime minister of the local government.
The group of around 20 rebels retreated after the clash on Friday in the Kurchaloi, east of the capital Grozny, apparently without loss, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies reported.
Such clashes are rare in the winter when the lack of natural cover in Chechnya's forests keeps rebels under cover, but frequent during warmer periods of a war that has ground on for 11 years and developed into a bitter guerrilla insurgency.
Later on Saturday, Chechnya's pro-Moscow parliament is due to approve the candidacy of strongman Ramzan Kadyrov as prime minister of the local government.
posted by Marko at 3/04/2006 07:57:00 AM
<< Home