MOSCOW - Russian troops fought a fierce gunbattle with Chechen rebels yesterday after being ambushed in the village of Sernovodsk in western Chechnya, Russia's top military commander in Chechnya, General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, said.
Chechen rebels ambush troops
MOSCOW - Russian troops fought a fierce gunbattle with Chechen rebels yesterday after being ambushed in the village of Sernovodsk…
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