CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: FRONTLINE

Russian/Nat Russian forces have regained control of two key Chechen towns partially overrun by rebel fighters last Sunday. Nevertheless, top generals were forced to admit they’d made tactical errors in their battle against the rebels. Meanwhile, fighting continues in Grozny where Chechen rebels claim to have broken the Russian’s stranglehold on the city, inflicting heavy casualties on federal forces. The mountains of southern Chechnya, home to the Islamic rebels fighting for a free Chechen state