Russia - Hundreds Of Hostages Held As Chechens Inv

T/I: 10:18:22 STORY: BUDENNOVSK LOCATION: SOUTHERN RUSSIA DATE: 15 JUNE 1995 DURATION: Hundreds of hostages held as Chechens invade town Gunmen described by Moscow as Chechen rebels on Thursday (15/6) held up to 1,000 people hostage in Budennovsk, an industrial town in southern Russia about 80 miles northwest of the border with Chechnya. Hundreds of Russian troops poured into the town and sealed it off in an effort to subdue the heavily-armed men who had stormed Budennov
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