Russian soldier sits in Palace Square
The Chechen Wars, the forgotten wars of Russia. You most likely wouldn't even see any pictures or video, possibly never hear about it, if I didn't post this. The Chechen Wars were a fight between Russian forces and Chechen separatists , Arab mujahideen,
UNA-UNSO,
mujahideen, and Turkish. They are mostly terrorists and Russia is trying to fight them, while blowing up civilian's backyards. The first war start in December 1994 and ended in August 1996 then the second war's battle phase started in August 1999 then ended May 2000 then the insurgency phase started in June 2000 and ended in April 2009.
Building damaged by artillery strikes
Russian airstrikes, rocket was most likely fired from an SU 25
The Chechen Wars have gone on a long time before the 90's, not really wars but a conflict in the 1700's (1785 to be exact) to right now. There are many suicide bombers attacking random buildings
around Russia, especially government buildings and public buildings. The Chechen Terrorists also
took hostages in a theater called Moscow theater hostage crisis, the Chechen Terrorists took 850
people hostage and demanded that Russian forces left Chechnya and end the Second Chechen War.
Russian спецназ (Spetsnaz) would have to fight through 100 feet of corridor and attack up a well defended staircase without the terrorists blowing up explosive charges in the theater, mostly located where the 850 hostages were located. They decided to put спецназ soldiers at the front of the building, roof, and basement where they would enter the building, then make a small hole in a wall and pump a gas called "Kolokol-1" which knocked out everyone inside, they then alerted the troops to enter and take out any terrorists still awake. Most of the explosives used were dummy explosives and most of the working explosives were not properly put together, making them useless, thirty minutes later after the gas was pumped in, спецназ blasted their way in, taking out any Chechen terrorists still up (wearing gas masks) with gunfire. Two female terrorists apparently tried running to a balcony once they noticed that there was gas inside the building, they passed out and after the спецназ raid, they were shot to death, same with the rest of the terrorists.
спецназ bringing out knocked out hostages
homemade explosives used by the terrorists
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