Insurgency of the Second Chechen War (2003)

Timeline

The Russian military stated that 291 Russian soldiers were killed in Chechnya in 2003.

January

• January 9 - Eighteen Russian troops and two insurgents were killed in the fighting in Chechnya, including nine soldiers who died when their convoy came under fire in the Chechen capital Grozny.

• January 11 - Four Russian servicemen were killed in clashes, while four soldiers died when their vehicles struck land mines.

February

• February 2 - Chechen rebel attacks and mines killed five Russian servicemen and wounded eight.

• February 7 - Rebel attacks and land mines killed 10 soldiers and police in Chechnya.

March

• March 1 - Shamil Basayev's men attacked the motorcade of Chechnya's pro-Moscow leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, killing his four bodyguards and three policemen. One Chechen rebel was also killed.

• March 5 - Pro-Russian Chechen commander Dzhabrail Yamadayev was killed in his own house in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno by a bomb planted under a couch that he slept on.

• March 9 - Russian armored personnel carriers opened fire in Staraya Sunzha, killing 2 Chechen policemen.

• March 15 - Six Russian servicemen were killed and 10 wounded by rebel gunfire or mines in Chechnya.

• March 22 - Dozens of Chechen rebels surrendered their weapons in a propaganda ceremony.

• March 28 - Chechen rebels killed six Russian soldiers and two special policemen.

April

• April 1 - At least five......
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