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| 2004 raid on Grozny | |||||||
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| Part of Second Chechen War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Chechen separatists | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Movladi Baisarov and others |
Doku Umarov and others | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several thousand | 250-400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| At least 32 policemen and militiamen and 5 soldiers killed | At least 20 fighters killed | ||||||
| At least 13 civilians killed | |||||||
2004 raid on Grozny was a series of overnight attacks in central Grozny, capital of Chechnya. It was carried out by Chechen insurgents.[1]
The assassination of the Chechnyan president Akhmad Kadyrov on May 9, 2004 is seen as the beginning of the offensive and was followed by a major attack carried out a month after rebels captured arms depot in the capital of the Ingushetia region, leaving with 200,000 weapons and a trove of ammunition.[1][2] According to estimates of the investigation group, 250-400 fighters entered Grozny on August 21, established their own roadblocks, and simultaneously attacked a number of polling places and other targets. According to law enforcement sources, this attack killed 58 members of the police and pro-Moscow militia and five federal soldiers. More than a dozen civilians were also killed.[3]
The Grozny raid was also part of the series of attacks that also included targets in Russia. After the major offensive at Grozny, Chechen women suicide bombers successfully blew two passenger airliners, killing 90 passengers.[2]
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edit- ^ a b Pedraja, René De La (2018). The Russian Military Resurgence: Post-Soviet Decline and Rebuilding, 1992-2018. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4766-6991-5.
- ^ a b Van Brunschot, Erin Gibbs; Kennedy, Leslie W. (2008). Risk Balance and Security. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4522-3833-3.
- ^ Armed Raid on Grozny, August 21, 2004 Archived April 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Memorial
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