Dagestan: The federal forces liberated the Hamias and almost liberated the chabanmakhs

As a result of powerful missile strikes inflicted first by helicopters of fire support, and then by two Su-25 attack aircraft, the command post of militants in the village of Chabanmakhi was destroyed. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to military sources.

According to data at 14:00 in Moscow, the federal forces control three quarters of the village of Chabanmakhi. According to periodically flying missiles that indicate the front edge of the advancing, it is clear that they are slowly, but still move forward. At 1:30, aviation again came to the rescue of the advancing.

Several vehicles were destroyed, which, according to the military, brought ammunition from hiding places. The military evaluate the losses of militants as "quite significant."

According to the source, two troops of the federal forces were killed over the past night. Eight were injured. Nothing has been reported about today's losses, but literally before our eyes an officer was injured, who was at the command post of observation. The military believe that "it was a crazy bullet."

Earlier today, federal troops completely liberated one of the six settlements captured by militants in the Novolak district - the village of Hamiyami.

According to a representative of the press center of the federal troops, at 9:30, after a powerful fire blow that the aviation and artillery were inflicted on militants, favorable conditions were created for the start of the cleansing of the village of Hamiyama. The units of the Khasaveurt district department of the internal affairs of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs were already included. At the moment, the settlement was released from extremists. Engineering subcosits. Engineering subcostens. The Ministry of Defense completes its clearance. "

The consolidated battalion of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet will go to Dagestan in the war area in the coming days. RIA Novosti was announced today by a well -informed source in the fleet headquarters. According to him, now the formation of the battalion is ending for sending to a hot point. The exact date of sending is still kept secret. The press center of the Pacific Fleet did not confirm, but did not refute this information.

In 1995, two regiments of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet-the 165th and 106th, replacing each other, for almost six months fought in Chechnya. Then the 64 naval infantryman of the fleet died in the battles.

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