Operative situation in the Chechen Republic Ichkeria remains aggravated
On 8 January 2003, the units of aggressors blocked the villages Tsotsin-Yurt
and Mesker-Yurt. According to preliminary data, more than 20 people are detained.
The residents of these villages intend to carry out an action of protest
against the tyranny of the Russian military. It should be reminded that Tsotsin-Yurt
has been subject to retaliatory operations for several times.
Neither officials of the district administration nor representatives of mass
media re let to enter the village. The relatives of the detainees are standing
at the commandant's office, but no information is available about them.
In Vedeno district the Chechen rebels attacked the armored carriers of the
occupants. As a result, one armored car was destroyed. As a result of firing
the office of Nozhai-Yurt district militia department some people are wounded.
In the daytime, the aircrafts of the aggressors continued bombing large tracts
of forests in the south of Chechnya.