| A fight between the Vostok special battalion and a rebel group is currently taking place in the mountains in southern Chechnya. Eight rebels have been killed, battalion commander Sulim Yamadayev told Interfax. He said the battalion launched a special operation to isolate and eliminate the rebel group in the early morning outside the villages of Kazen-Kale and Ersenoi. He also said that the rebels had tried to break away from the area, but federal servicemen surrounded them and are attempting to eliminate the group. Two servicemen were killed in the fight, the commander said. |