13 Occupiers Eliminated in Vedenski Region of Chechnya

Headquarters Representative of the Chechen Armed Forces Eastern Front informed „Kavkaz-Center” on the combat actions of Chechen Mujahiddeen in Vedenski region of the country. According to the source, on January 3, during several diversion actions the Mujahiddeen liquidated 13 occupiers, burnt down two motorcars and wounded about 10 enemy’s soldiers.

The source reported that Mujahiddeen moveable groups had attacked aggressors in the gorge of the Khoulkhulo River, as well as in the Ersenoi area and in the outskirts of Vedeno. During these combats, Chechen fighters had carried through several explosions of the occupiers’ military machines, and also had volleyed aggressors’ brigades from the ambush. One motorcar was blown up on the road to Vedeno. One more truck was burnt down in the southern part of the town after Mujahiddeen had attacked the aggressors’ rearward convoy. Another moveable Mujahiddeen group volleyed the occupiers’ reconnaissance unit in the area of Ersenoi.

During the combats and skirmish with the enemies, Chechen fighters have lost one Mujahiddeen. There are no injuries and other losses.

Chechen source reports that in response to Mujahiddeen actions, Russian troops carried out series of artillery blows over the Vedeno gorge.

In the meantime, the remedial organizations of Chechnya inform that in the morning, on January 4, 2005 the outskirts of the Chechen settlements Duba-Yurt, Chiri-Yurt and belgatoi in Shalinski region, as well as the settlement Chechen-Aul in Groznensko-selski region were the subject to the massive artillery gunning. According to the local inhabitants, the artillery gunning was lasting for about 40 minutes. There is no information about any victims or destructions.

On January 2, the outskirts of the settlement Serjen-Yurt in Shalinski region of Chechnya were being volleyed again. Artillery gunning started at 3.45 in the morning and continued for 15 minutes. The massive fire was directed to the territory of the former pioneer camps on the opposite riverside of the Khoulkhulo River.

According to the human rights protectors. On January 4, 2005 the puppet organizations of Ramzan Kadyrov together with Russian occupiers carried out large-scale punitive “cleanings” in the settlements Valerik and Kotai-Yurt in Achkhoi-Martanovski region of Chechnya, so as several inhabitants of these settlements were detained. During the day, both settlements were totally blocked.

It is reported that the punitive action of Russian occupiers and of “kadyrovtsy” was caused by the quasi-obtained information that the president of CRI Aslan Maskhadov had spent the previous night in the settlement Valerik. During the “clearance” five or six local inhabitants were detained. In the settlement Katyr-Yurt twelve persons were detained during the “clearance”.

Russian chasteners, who carried the „clearances“ in the houses of the settlement Valerik inhabitants, looked extremely tired. They complained, they had not eaten anything for two days. Many of them got some meal only in the houses where they were carrying out the “clearances”, because people were afraid to say no to the occupiers, who attacked the settlement.