Over 730 Russian Interior Ministry Troops Killed in ChechnyaA total of 738 Russian Interior Ministry troops have been killed and 2,560 others wounded since the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya on October 1, 1999.The figures were released by Lieutenant General Stanislav Kavun, deputy commander-in-chief of the Interior Ministry troops, at a news conference here on Thursday. Kavun said that among the killed, 202 were contract servicemen. |
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