January 31, 2000 Kavkaz-Tsentr reports: The Russian aggressors continue their efforts to press forward in different parts of Dzhokhar. The most ferocious fights took place near the electric power station, near the bifurcation Argun-Starye Atagi, in Maas and in Michurina. Near the power station 50 Russian have been killed. Several Russian units tried to by-pass the Chechen positions, but have been repulsed by the Mujahideen. In Maas, the Mujahideen followed up single units of the Russian and extinguished them. In Michurina the Russians managed to advance for 50 metres. The mujahideen are counter-attacking. According to the Chechen command during the last 24 hours more than 100 aggressors have been killed, 12 armoured vehicles were knocked out. The Mujahideen lost 3 men, one was heavily wounded. Russia's new TV-prophet Yastrshembsky once again made known to his "dear Russians" the "voluntary surrender of Chechen fighters". According to him dozens of "fighters" laid down weapons, and this was testifying to a "fundamental change of the military situation in Chechnya". The Chechen command denied these lies. General Aslambek Ismailov, commenting on Yastrshembsky's statement, declared: "If the Russians are lying so desperately, things indeed go bad for them!" At the same time Kavkaz-Tsentr's correspondent in Dzhokhar reports that the Russian lieutenant colonel Chudakov has been taken POW. In Argun Valley the Chechens shot down three Russian helicopters using 12,7-mm guns lately captured from the Russians. One Russian airplane was damaged and made a forced landing near the Chechen positions. The crew was shot on the spot, the plane was blasted [to be continued...] January 30, 2000 No fresh news from Kavkaz-Tsentr January 29, 2000 (en fran�ais) Kavkaz-Tsentr reports: Bitter fighting continues in Dzhokhar. Now the most ferocious ones take place around the Akhtayev stadium (former Ordzhonikidze stadium): A large armoured column yesterday moved towards it from the direction of Karpinsky Kurgan. The Mujahideen attacked it with mortars and RPGs. Having lost 4 armoured vehicles and 3 'Urals' the Russians retreated. There was also combat action near the Republican hospital, the 13th school, the tinning factory, in the 6th micro-district, and in Chernorechye. The Mujahideen attacked in Tashkala for the second time in three days. According to General Khamzat Gelayev the Russians in Dzhokhar are loosing 100-300 every day. During the last 24 hours about 200 aggressors have been killed, 9 armoured vehicles have been destroyed. In this same period 7 Mujahideen died, 11 have been wounded. In the occupied territories the Russians are abducting and shooting people. In the Naursky district about 400 people have been carried off - in the districts of Achkhoy-Martan and Urus-Martan about 500, in Shali 200, and in Gudermes 170. In the Argun and Sunzha districts about 700 people have been arrested and brought to unknown places. According to eye-witnesses hundreds of peoples have been executed and buried in clandestine operations in the steppes of Shelkovsky district, in Naursky district and in the Stavropol region. Despite all Russian attacks, the Chechen Mujahideen are in control of the gates to Argun Valley and Vedeno Valley. A group of Russian tanks accompanied by 100 Spetsnaz troops tried to assault a tactical height by outflanking the Chechen positions. The Mujahideen attacked and in three hours of combat managed to repulse the enemy killing 50 men. One T-80 was knocked out. Near Serzhen-Yurt the fight is at a deadlock. The Russians try to bombard the Chechen positions. Yesterday Russian fighter planes bombed Serzhen-Yurt for 5 hours. 2 Chechen fighters were killed in action. The Chechen vice-president Vakha Arsanov comments on the position of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe regarding Chechnya. He says that the Chechen leadership never pinned it's hope on international organizations like the UNO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, etc. He accuses the west of applying different standards to Muslim and to non-Muslim countries. In East Timor the whole christian world backed the desire for independence from Muslim Indonesia - but with respect to Muslim Chechnya it tolerates not only Russia's colonial policy but also the most horrible atrocities and war-crimes. Where is Babitsky? The Russians ministry of defence claims not to know the fate of the correspondent of Radio Liberty. But according to sources of Kavkaz-Tsentr the native Russian Babitsky has been arrested by Russian forces and is kept in captivity by them in occupied Urus-Martan. He had left Dzhokhar on January 15th or 16th together with some Mujahideen who then lost the contact to him. According to Kavkaz-Tsentr the Russian ministry of the interior a few hours ago confirmed the apprehension of Babitsky. The situation in the refugee camps in Ingushetia is becoming worse and worse. Especially children are suffering infectious diseases. The Russians are denying medical aid. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion about 400 children died in the refugee camps. Le 29 Janvier 2000 Kavkaz-Tsentr informe: Des combats acharnes continuent dans la capitale Dzhokhar. Les plus feroces sont autour du stade Akhtayev (anterieurement le stade Ordzhonikidze). Hier, une longue colonne blindee a avance de Karpinsky Kurgan sur le stade. Les Mujahideens l'ont attaque aux mortiers et aux roquettes RPGs. La colonne s'est retiree apres avoir perdu 4 vehicules blindes et 3 "Ourals". Il y a eu des combats egalement pres de l'Hopital de la Republique, autour de la la 13me Ecole, dans les environs de la fabrique de boites de conserve, dans le 6 eme micro-district, et egalement a Chernorechye. Pour la deuxieme fois en l'espace de trois jours, les Mujahideens ont attaque les russes a Tashkala. Selon le General Khamzat Gelayev, les pertes russes dans la capitale oscillent entre 100 et 300 hommes par jour. Pendant les dernieres 24 heures, environ 200 aggresseurs russes ont ete tue et 9 vehicules blindes detruit. du cote des Mujahideens, 7 combattants sont tombes shaheeds et 11 autres blesses. Dans les territoires sous leur controle, les envahisseurs russes organisent raffles et executions sommaires parmis les civils tchetchenes. Les soldats russent ont ainsi raffle (ie. arrete des civils et les ont conduits dans des leux de detension secrets) environ 400 personnes dans le district de Naursky, 500 dans les districts de Achkhoy-Martan et Urus-Martan, 200 a Shali, 170 a Gudermes, et environ 700 dans les district de l'Argun et de Sunzha. Selon des temoins, des centaines de citoyens tchetchenes ont ete execute et enterre dans des fosses communes dans les districts de Shelkovsky, de Naursky et dans la region de Stavropol. En depis des attaques russes, les Mujahideens tchetchenes sont en control des access de la vallee de l'Argun et de la vallee de Vedeno. Un groupe d'environ 100 Spedtsnaz soldats russes appuies par des chars ont tente de deborder une unite de Mujahedeens positionnee sur une colline strategique. Les Mujahideens ont attaque les russes et apres une bataille qui a dure 3 heures ont reusssit a repousser les assaillants tuant 50 soldats russes et detruisant un char T80. Pres de Serzhen-Yurt, les combats sont dans une situation d'impasse: pas de changement de positions. Hier, les avions russes ont bombarde les positions tchetchenes pendants 5 heures successives. 2 combattants sont tombes shaheeds au cours des combats. Commentant sur la position prise par de l'Assemblee Parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe sur la guerre d'extermination en Tchetchenie, Le vice-president tchetchene, Vakha Arsanov, a dit que le commendement de la Tchetchenie na jamais attache ses espoirs aux organisations internatinales telles que l'ONU, l'OSCE, le Conseil de l'Europe, etc... Il accuse l'Ouest d'appliquer une politique de double standard (de deux poids - deux mesures) pour les pays musulmans et les pays non musulmans. Par example, l'ensemble du monde Chretien a appuie sans reserves la population a l'est de l'ile de Timor a obtenir son independence de l'Indonesie qui est un pays musulman. Par contre, s'agissant de la population musulmane de la Tchetchenie, ces memes pays de l'Ouest, non seulement tolerent le colonialism russe en Tchetchenie mais aussi acquiescent les plus horribles atrocites et les crimes de guerre commis par les russes contre le peuple tchetchene. Ou est donc Babitsky? pendant longtemps le ministre russe de la defense a pretendu ignorer ce qui advenu du correspondant de Radio Liberte. Mais selon les source du Kavkaz-Tsentr, le russe Babitsky a ete arrete par les forces russes et est detenu a Urus-Martan qui est sous leur controle. Le 15 ou 16 Janvier, Babitsky a quitte Dzhokhar en compagnie de quelques Mujahideens, qui plus tard ont perdu le contact avec lui. Selon Kavkaz-Tsentr, seulement depuis quelques heures que le ministere de l'interieur a finalement reconnu l'arrestation et la detention de Babitsky. La situation dans les camps de refugies de l'Ingushetia s'empire d'heure en heure, et plus particulierement celle des enfants. Les enfants souffrent de maladies infectueuses. Les russes controlant les camps refusent l'aide medicale aux refugies. Depuis le debut de l'invasion russe de la Tchetchenie, environ 400 enfants sont morts dans les camps de refugies. January 28, 2000 (en fran�ais) Kavkaz-Tsentr reports: The situation in Dzhokhar is in control of the Mujahideen - this was reported by Kavkaz-Tsentr's correspondent in the Chechen capital. Near the Southern bus station the remnants of the Russian units have been dispersed. In the 56th ward and in Chernorechye units of the Mujahideen attacked some Russian tank units and destroyed 3 armoured vehicles. Ferocious fights took place around the 13th school in Michurina, where the Russians had fortified themselves. The Mujahideen attacked during the night, tried to assault the school building but failed. At dawn they retreated to positions 50-100 m off the building in order to block up the Russians. In Staraya Sunsha the fight goes on. According to the Chechen command about 240 Russians have been killed, 8 armoured vehicles have been knocked out. The Chechens suffered 14 casualties, 14 men were wounded. The Chechen fighters this morning attacked in Tashkala and Butenko (Staropromyslovsky District) - the fighting there continues. The Kremlin obviously is planning to turn the whole of Chechnya into one single big concentration camp and does not hide its intentions. Vladimir Kolesnikov, a superior apparatchik of the Russian ministry of the interior, makes known that there are plans to take finger-prints of every Chechen citizen. According to him the Russians are going to set up a three-fold "security zone" around Chechnya. Kavkaz-Tsentr attacks the propaganda of the Kremlin and its Chechen collaborators. Saydayev and also Gantamirov, a criminal released on probation, claimed that there would be negotiations between them and the Chechen government. This is not true. And Yastrshembskys assertion of a 'turn of the tide' at the front and of '10,000 killed Chechen fighters' is considered ridiculous by Kavkaz-Tsentr. The former Russian prime-minister Sergey Stepashin has admitted that the Russian invasion of Chechnya was neither caused by the blasts in Russia nor by the military operations of the Mujahideen in Dagestan. The onslaught has been prepared for since March 1999 � long before the explosions. [See an article on this topic from 'Le Monde' (Jan 25, 2000, French and partly transl. into English by Sulaiman), on this site: #link According to Shamil Basayev the mujahideen will break the aggressor's neck within two months. The Chechens are preparing plans for suitable operations to do so. "We are not going to play according the rules of the Kremlin but will force the Kremlin to obey our rules", says Basayev. He also announce operations agains the staffs of the Russian army. Le 28 Janvier 2000 Kavkaz-Tsentr informe: Le correspondent du Kavkaz-Tsentr dans la capitale Tchetchene rapporte que la situation dans Dzhokhar est sous le controle des Mujahideens. Autour de la gare routiere au sud de la ville, ce qui restait des unites russes a ete disperse. Dans le 56 eme district ainsi qu' a Chernorechye, des unites de Mujahideens ont attaque des chars russes et ont en detruit 3. Des combats ont eu lieu aoutour de la 13 eme ecole a Michurina ou les envahisseurs russes s'etaient fortifies. Pendant la nuit, les Mujahideens ont donne l'assaut sur les batiments de l'ecole, mais leurs efforts n'ont pu aboutir. Au lerver du jour, ils se sont replies de 50-100 metres des batiments et continuent ainsi a bloquer les russes. A Staraya Sunsha, les combats continuent. Selon le commandement tchetchene, environ 240 russes ont ete tue et 8 vehicules blindes ont ete detruit. Du cote de combattants, 14 Mujahideens sont tombes shaheeds et 14 autres blesses. Ce matin, les combattants tchetchenes ont donne l'attaque a Tashkala et a Butenko (district de Staropromyslovsky), ou les combats continuent. D'autres parts, Il devient de plus en plus evident, que le plan du Kremlin est de faire de la Tchechnie un vaste camps de comcentration. Ne cachant plus leur macabres intentions, Les dirigents russes ont revele, a travers Vladimir Kolesnikov qui est un bureaucrate "apparatchik" dans le ministere de l'interieur, l'existence de plans de prendre les empreintes de chaque citoyen tchetchene. Selon lui, les russes vont etablir une epaisse "zone de security" autour de la Tchetchnie. Kavkaz-Tsentr rebute la propagande du Kremlin et de ces collaborateurs tchetchenes. les collaborateurs Saydayev et Gantamirov, des criminels elargis mais encore sous liberte surveillee, pretendent qu'ils sont en negociation avec le gouvernement tchetchene. ce ci n'a rien de vrai. Le Kavkaz-Tsentr egalement consdere que les professions de "la renverse de la maree" au front, et de "10,000 combattants tchetchenes tues" faites par Yastrshembsky relevent plutot du delire. L'ex-premier ministre russe Sergey Stepashin a publiquement admi que l'invasion russe de la Tchetchenie n'a pas ete declenchee par les explosions en Russie ni par les operations militaires des Mujahideens au Daghestan, mais que l'ivasion a ete preparee en Mars 1999, longtemps avant les explosions. Lire l'article complet Dans le Monde du 25 Janvier 2000: http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,2320,seq-2037-39871-QUO,00.html Selon le commandant Shamil Basayev, dans deux mois les Mujahideens aurait fini par briser le cou de l'agresseur russe. Les Tchetchenes sont entrain de finasser le plan des operations pour atteindre cet objectif. "Nous allons pas par les regles de jeu des russes, mais nous allons forcer les russes a obeir les regles imposees par nous" a t'il ajoute. Basayev a egalement annonce des operations contre les personnels de l'armee russe. January 27, 2000 (en fran�ais) Kavkaz-Tsentr reports: The intensity of the fights in Dzhokhar doesn't decrease - combat activities continue at all parts of the front. Large Russian units continue their efforts to move into the town and to fortify themselves in new positions. The Mujahideen apply the proved tactics of urban warfare. According to the Chechen capital's Defence Staff several Russian armoured columns and 500 Spetsnaz soldiers moved toward the area of the Southern bus station. The Mujahideen attacked and knocked out 5 armoured vehicles. In two hours of fighting significant parts of the Russians have been wiped out. Remnants of the Russian units sought shelter in former a department store but were forced out during the night. The last days the Russians mainly use units of 50-100 men whose task it is to conquer single blocks. One of these units comprising about 100 men entered the settlement Maas (former Kalinin) after having crossed Sunzha River wading. The Mujahideen attacked and annihilated the unit. Only 20 men are said to have escaped alive. General Aslambek Ismailov eulogized the high fighting morale and ability of co-ordination of the defenders of the town. The battle in the Argun Valley continues. The Mujahideen are resisting there an amount of about 40,000 Russian troops with all their materiel attacking the Chechen positions continuously. The most bitter fights take place near Duba-Yurt. The Russians several times tried to move from Alkhazurova towards the village Surat but have been repulsed. The Russian airforce and artillery attacks the Chechen positions. Thousands of civilians are trying to escape the fighting zone but are being hindered to do so, because the Russians are raking with fire the roads in the area. There is information from Grozny that General Malofeyev finally died from the wounds he received during a Russian bombardment of his place of captivity. The Kremlin's story of the burial of Malofeyev in Russia remains mysterious. The Chechen command insists on its version that Malofeyev the whole time has been in Chechen captivity. In the Sharoy District static warfare continues since one and a half month. Since then the Russians according to the Chechen command lost about 500 men there, 40 trucks and armoured vehicles have been destroyed. During the last 24 hours there were bitter fights near the alpine village Day. The Chechens attacked the entrenched Russians several times. The Chechens are in control of the tactical heights there. The mothers of the boys in the Russian special concentration camp in Naursky District are denied to visit their children. This is being justified with a corresponding direct order from Moscow. One woman managed to save her 12 years old boy from being captured by paying 5,000 Rubles. Seven children are said to have been shot in the concentration camp; torture is a common practice there. The villages in the mountainous South of Chechnya have been bombed extraordinarily during the last 24 hours. The Russian put into action Scud rockets (SS 21C), too. More than 230 civilians died, most of them women and children. Le 27 Janvier, 2000 Kavkaz-Tsentr informe: L'intensite des combats dans Dzhokhar ne s'est pas attenuee. Les accrochages continuent sur tout le front. Des unites russes perseverent dans leurs efforts d'entrer dans la ville et de fortifier leur nouvelles positions. Les Mujahideens quand a eux exellent dans leur tactique de guerilla urbaine. Selon le Comite de Defense de la capitale Tchetchene, plusieurs colonnes de vehicules blindes et 500 soldats "Spetsnaz" russes se sont approches de la gare routiere du sud de la ville. Les Mujahideens les ont attaque et detruit 5 vehicules blindes. En l'espace de deux heures de combats les vaillants Mujahideens ont en sont venu a bout. Les survivants parmis les unites russes se sont refuges dans un batiment qui servait de grand magazin; mais ils ont en ete deloges au cours de la nuit. Au cours des derniers jours, la strategie des russes a essentiellement consiste a deployer des unites comprenant de 50-100 hommes. l'objectif assigne a chaque unite etait d'occuper un batiment. Une parmis ces unites, d'environ 100 hommes, penetra dans le quartier Maas (ex-Kalinine) apres avoir traverser la riviere Sunzha. Les Mujahideens ont attaque et aneanti l'unite. Seulement une vingtaine de russes ont resussi a s'echapper. Le general Aslambek Ismailov a fait l'eloge de l'habilete, la bonne coordination et du haut moral des defendeurs de la ville. La bataille dans la vallee de l'Argun continue. Les Mujahideens resistent les attaques continuelles d'environ 40,000 soldats russes. Les combats les plus acharnes ont eu lieu pres de Duba-Yurt. A plusieurs reprises, les russes ont tente d'avancer de Alkhazurova vers le village de Surat; a chaque fois ils se sont fait repousses. L'aviation et l'artillerie russes n'ont cesse de bombarder les positions Tchetchenes. Des milliers parmis la population civiles sont entrain de fuir la zone de combats, mais les bomardements russes de toutes les routes de la region ont rendu une telle fuite un piege des plus meurtriers. Une information de Grozny confirme que General Malofeyev est mort de ses blessures a la suite des bombardements russes de son lieu de captivite. l'histoire du Kremlin concernant l'enterrement de Malofeyev en Russie demeure un mystere. Le commandement Tchetchene insiste sur leur version des faits durant la periode de captivite du general. Le front dans le district de Sharoy a ete immobile pendant les dernieres 6 semaines. durant cette periode de guerre de positon, les russe ont perdu environ 500 hommes et 40 camions et vehicules blindes. Au cours des dernieres 24 heures, des combats intenses ont eu lieu pres du village alpin Day. A plusieurs reprises, les combattants tchetchenes ont attaque les russes bien retranches. Les combattants maintiennet leur controle des hauteurs strategiques dans la region. Dans le district de Naursky, les meres ont ete refusees de visiter leurs enfants detenus dans le camps de detention, ce apparemment, sur ordre direct de Moscou. Une mere a reussi de prevenir la detention de son fils de 12 ans en payant 5,000 roubles. Il semberait que 7 enfants aient ete fusille dans le camps de concentration ou la torture est une paratique tres ordinaire. Au cours des dernieres 24 heures, les villages dans les montagnes du sud de la Tchetchenie ont et copieusement bombardes. les russes ont utilise tout ce qu'ils ont dans leur arsenal de mort, y compris les roquettes scud (SS21C). Plus de 230 parmis la population civile sont tuees, pour la plupart des femmes et des enfants. News Archives November 1999 December 1999 January 2000 Texts about Chechnya __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
