2007 Zhani-Vedeno ambush

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=2007 Vedeno ambush


caption=
partof=Second Chechen War
place=Near Zhani-Vedeno, Chechnya
date=October 7, 2007
result=Rebel tactical victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Muslim Ilyasov
commander2=Amir Aslambek
Arbi Muntsigov
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=4 killed and 10-16 wounded
Rebels claimed 25 killed
casualties2=1 killed, several wounded
campaign=Campaignbox Second Chechen War (guerilla phase)

In the 2007 Vedeno ambush at least four local Russian troops were killed and 10 to 16 hospitalized when a convoy of vehicles carrying Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs soldiers and policemen was ambushed in the volatile Vedeno region of Chechnya. The attack was carried under the command of Amir Aslambek and was one of the deadliest in several months.

According to the "Kommersant" article, the convoy of a dozen armored military trucks and armored personnel carriers, carrying detachment of local police officers and servicemen from the "Akhmad Kadyrov" Patrol Police Regiment-2 and the South ("Yug") Battalion of Internal Troops (both composed of "Kadyrovtsy") was reinforcing forces involved in the cleansing operation in the village of Dargo, a bastion of the resistance to Russian rule for 300 years.

According to the separatist website Chechenpress, the fighting claimed lives of about 25 troops and one guerilla, including 10-15 killed in the convoy. [ru icon [http://www.chechenpress.info/events/2007/10/07/10.shtml Новые подробности операции моджахедов в с.Дарго] ] The Russian sources also said a body of fighter was found in Dargo. A video of the operation was released by rebels and circulates on the internet. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrnV2ddVJOY Successful Operations near Dargo and Tazen-Kale, 06-07.10.20] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.jamestown.org/chechnya_weekly/article.php?articleid=2373712 Convoy Ambushed in Vedeno] The Jamestown Foundation, October 11, 2007
* [http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/10/09/012.html 4 Dead, 10 Injured in Chechen Ambush] "The Moscow Times", October 9, 2007
* [http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-08-voa13.cfm Four Killed, At Least 10 Wounded in Chechnya Attack] Voice of America, 08 October 2007