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2004 raid on Grozny
Part of Second Chechen War
Date August 21-22, 2004 Location Grozny, Chechnya Result Russian victory Chechen militants pushed back into the forests
Belligerents
Russia  Chechnya	Chechen separatists
Commanders and leaders
Movladi Baisarov and others	Doku Umarov and others
Strength
Several thousand	250-400
Casualties and losses
At least 58 policemen and militiamen and 5 soldiers killed	At least 50 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.

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. 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.

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.

See also

• 2004 Nazran raid
• 2004 Avtury raid

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Van Brunschot, Erin Gibbs; Kennedy, Leslie W. (2008). Risk Balance and Security. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4522-3833-3.
3. Armed Raid on Grozny, August 21, 2004 Archived April 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Memorial

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