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Unlimited sites Network home ----------- News Football Cricket Film Books Education Work Shopping Jobs ----------- The Guardian The Observer Guardian Weekly Money Observer ----------- Guardian Century Millennium Crossword Left a bit London Film Festival Monet tour Brits and Pieces Notes & Queries Useful stuff 5 things to do today TV listings Weather Archive search Content distribution Events and offers Information   Search this site   Tools Text-only version Send it to a friend Read it later See saved stories Russians move into mountains Russia to flush out rebels Chechen rebels claim heavy Russian losses in mountain battle Death on icy killing fields Once again, the mobile coffins roll in to Grozny Chechens upbeat after Grozny 'ambush' Russian tanks storm Grozny Russians in Grozny bloodbath Russia pounds Grozny after denying death of 100 soldiers Moscow prepares for final blow Russians await order to make final assault Russians launch the final push Permanent role for Russian army in Chechnya Inside Chechnya: the army pledged to fight to the end Moscow draws back from Chechen deadline The perilous flight from Grozny Moscow's army closes in on base of rebel chief Yeltsin brushes aside Western criticism Slow death of a city without hope Russia takes key Chechen town Flee or die, Chechens warned West may block Russian financial aid Blair warns Russia after Grozny ultimatum Russia's warning to the Chechens 'We're coming with guns to create a bit of order' Russians 'mowed down fleeing civilian convoy' Russia claims key victory in Chechnya Russia rains bombs on Chechen capital Control of Chechnya in sight, says Russia Russian troops tell of invisible enemy Chechens rule out retreat from Grozny Russians predict Grozny will give in quietly Defiant Russia seals off Chechen capital Kremlin wins war of words Russia braced for hostile summit Chechen villagers ask, why us? Russia will pursue Chechnya campaign says Yeltsin Russia set to destroy Grozny Russian prime minister puts faith in iron fist Russian PM: 'I'll destroy Grozny rebels' Russian generals' war of vengeance Refugees escape Chechnya Chechen children shelled as they played Chechnya under siege 'Many dead' as refugee convoy hit Chechens claim 50 died in Russian jet attack on refugee convoy Russian guns pound Grozny Chechen refugees face dire winter Russia blocks Chechen refugees Russians in disarray over Grozny strike Russian rockets hit Grozny market Russian mothers go into battle Russia blamed for attack on refugee bus Russia's gamble In ruins of one war, Grozny prepares for the second Martial law is declared Russia bites off a vital chunk of Chechnya Clashes mark new Chechen war Russian army in Chechen hills Russians corral fleeing Chechens Russia pounds Chechnya Three years after a bungled war that killed 80,000, Yeltsin plans another invasion of Chechnya Russian forces encircle Chechnya Russia steps up raids on Grozny Moscow and Grozny edge closer to war Russia bombs Chechen capital as Dagestan conflict spreads Russian warplanes strike near Grozny Islamist terror in Russia Chechen men in war crisis call-up Chechens arm against Russia Death on icy killing fields Crisis in Chechnya: special report Maggie O'Kane, Tbilisi Sunday December 19, 1999 As we drove through the dawn from Chechnya into Georgia, the sky was full of attack planes. The helicopters were swooping on refugees like giant bats going for the hunt. Tired, frightened and cold human beings could do nothing but go to the river bed to hide. Russian helicopters swooped on the refugees, chasing women and children to cover like a yard brush sweeping dirty water down a drain. Melica Sidiva slid down the side of the bank with her six-month-old baby Lisa, weak from five days trapped on a freezing mountain. On Wednesday a two-year-old boy and a six-month-old girl lost the fight against cold and hunger. Meanwhile Russia said it was close to taking control of a district in Grozny after another night of heavy bombing kept thousands of people trapped in basements. It is believed about 45,000 civilians are still in the Chechen capital. They were unable to leave because of fighting raging in the suburbs. Russia is going to have to justify to the world the mass killing of civilians in the heaviest and most indiscriminate bombing since the Second World War.               Guardian Unlimited � Guardian Newspapers Limited, 1999.