Monday, 19 August 2002

MORE THAN 100 SOLDIERS KILLED IN CHECHNYA HELICOPTER CRASH

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By empty (8/19/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)

More than 100 Russian troops died on 19 August when an overloaded Mi-26 military transport helicopter crashed into a minefield near the air base in Khankala, near Grozny. Rudnik Dudaev, secretary of the Chechen Security Council, said that 39 survivors have been hospitalized. Many of the hospitalized are in critical condition.
More than 100 Russian troops died on 19 August when an overloaded Mi-26 military transport helicopter crashed into a minefield near the air base in Khankala, near Grozny. Rudnik Dudaev, secretary of the Chechen Security Council, said that 39 survivors have been hospitalized. Many of the hospitalized are in critical condition. (Interfax)
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