On October 15, 1999, after mounting an intense tank and artillery barrage against Chechen separatists, Russian forces took control of a strategic ridge within artillery range of Grozny. They then made several abortive attempts to seize positions on the outskirts of the city. On December 4, the commander of Russian forces in the North Caucasus, General Viktor Kazantsev, claimed that Grozny was fully blockaded by Russian troops. General Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the army's general staff, even predicted the rebels would abandon the Chechen capital on their own, urged to withdraw by civilians fearing widespread destruction. Supported by a powerful air force, the Russian force vastly outnumbered and out-gunned the Chechen irregulars, who numbered around 3,000 to 6,000 fighters, and was conside
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| - On October 15, 1999, after mounting an intense tank and artillery barrage against Chechen separatists, Russian forces took control of a strategic ridge within artillery range of Grozny. They then made several abortive attempts to seize positions on the outskirts of the city. On December 4, the commander of Russian forces in the North Caucasus, General Viktor Kazantsev, claimed that Grozny was fully blockaded by Russian troops. General Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the army's general staff, even predicted the rebels would abandon the Chechen capital on their own, urged to withdraw by civilians fearing widespread destruction. Supported by a powerful air force, the Russian force vastly outnumbered and out-gunned the Chechen irregulars, who numbered around 3,000 to 6,000 fighters, and was conside
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| Strength
| - About 2,000 pro-Russian Chechen militiamen
- About 50,000 Russian soldiers
- Russian estimates of 3,000 to 6,000
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| Commander
| - Anatoly Kvashnin
- Aslambek Ismailov
- Aslan Maskhadov
- Beslan Gantamirov
- Ibn al-Khattab
- Khunkarpasha Israpilov
- Lecha Dudayev
- Mikhail Malofayev
- Ruslan Gelayev
- Shamil Basayev
- Valentin Astaviyev
- Viktor Kazantsev
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| - Russian artillery shells target militant positions near the village of Duba-Yurt in January 2000
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| Casualties
| - Chechen militia: over 700 total casualties
- Russian claim of more than 1,500 killed
- Thousands of civilian casualties
- Federal forces: officially 368 killed and 1,469 wounded
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| Result
| - Russian victory
- Capture of Grozny by Russia
- Fall of the separatist government inside the city
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| - Russian Federation
- Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya
- Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Chechen federal militia
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| - On October 15, 1999, after mounting an intense tank and artillery barrage against Chechen separatists, Russian forces took control of a strategic ridge within artillery range of Grozny. They then made several abortive attempts to seize positions on the outskirts of the city. On December 4, the commander of Russian forces in the North Caucasus, General Viktor Kazantsev, claimed that Grozny was fully blockaded by Russian troops. General Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the army's general staff, even predicted the rebels would abandon the Chechen capital on their own, urged to withdraw by civilians fearing widespread destruction. Supported by a powerful air force, the Russian force vastly outnumbered and out-gunned the Chechen irregulars, who numbered around 3,000 to 6,000 fighters, and was considerably larger and much better prepared than the Russian force sent to take the Chechen capital in the First Chechen War. In addition, the tactics of both sides in this second campaign were drastically different.[citation needed]
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