Galashki ambush

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Galashki ambush


caption=
partof=Second Chechen War
place=Near Galashki, Ingushetia
date=May 11 2000
result=Chechen victory
combatant1=n
combatant2=
commander1=
commander2=
strength1=22
strength2=?
casualties1=19 killed, 2 wounded
casualties2=?
campaign=Campaignbox Second Chechen War (guerilla phase)

Galashki ambush was the first combat incident in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia linked to the Second Chechen War.

Only three out of 22 Russian soldiers (two of them wounded) survived the May 11, 2000, ambush of their two-lorry convoy returning from Chechnya. The attack took place near the village of Galashki south of capital Nazran, about 20 kilometers from the border with Chechnya.

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/744798.stm Russian convoy hit by rebels] , BBC News, 11 May, 2000
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914F93C5F0C718DDDAC0894D8404482&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fRussia%20and%20the%20Former%20Soviet%20Union Rebels Destroy a Convoy Outside Chechnya] , "New York Times", May 12, 2000
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/may/12/chechnya.iantraynor Chechens cross border to kill troops troops] , "The Guardian", May 12 2000
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/05/13/wrus13.html 19 Russian soldiers killed as rebels widen war] , "The Telegraph", 13 May 2000