The Second Chechen War is also known as the Second Chechen Campaign (Russian: Втора́я чече́нская кампа́ния) or the Second Russian Invasion of Chechnya from the Chechen insurgents' point of view.

Dagestan Intrusion: The Second Chechen War really started in August 99 when Shamil Basayev, the Chechen Islamic warlord mounted an invasion of the neighbouring Russian...province of Dagestan. This invasion/intrusion has close parallels with the Kargil intrusion.

Both Russian officials and Chechen rebels have been regularly and repeatedly accused of committing war crimes including kidnapping, torture, murder, hostage taking, looting, rape, decapitation, and assorted other breaches of the law of war.

Learning from their failed 1994-1996 war against the Chechens, the Russians made extensive and heavy use of long-distance weaponry. Chechen cities and villages were leveled by intense Russian air attacks and artillery bombardment designed to maximize rebel losses while minimizing Russian casualties.

Jul 26, 2024 · At the start of the second Chechen war, Russia claimed Chechen rebels were taking sanctuary in neighboring Georgia, which the Georgian government vehemently and repeatedly denied, and there is...

The Chechen–Russian conflict (Russian: Чеченский конфликт, romanized: Chechensky konflikt; Chechen: Нохчийн-Оьрсийн дов, romanized: Noxçiyn-Örsiyn dov) was the centuries-long ethnic and political conflict, often armed, between the Russian, Soviet and Imperial Russian governments and various Chechen forces.

Second Chechnya War - 1999-2006. When the Russian incursion into Chechnya began in October 1999, Russia said its objectives were limited to subduing bandits hiding in Chechnya's mountains.

Oct 1, 2019 · 4 Russian soldiers fight militants after insurgents crossed into neighboring Daghestan and launched attacks, one of the catalysts of the second post-Soviet war in Chechnya.

The Second Chechen War was a war between the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and Russia from 1999 to 2009.

Nov 22, 2021 · Second Chechen War (Russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́), also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign (Russian: Втора́я чече́нская кампа́ния) or officially (from Russian point of view) Counter-terrorist operations on territories of North Caucasian region (Russian ...