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The goal of a regimental combat group task force of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) tactical group in the area, based on the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 76th Division and including also teams from the GRU Spetsnaz, and the elite Vympel group of the FSB, was to block an exit from a gorge, while other Russian forces attempted to encircle a large Chechen force departing the village of ...
A new VDV formation was also established in 1994, the 45th Spetsnaz Regiment. [12] The Airborne Forces took part in the First Chechen War from December 1994 to August 1996. [12] The joint army groups that carried out the ground campaign in the Battle of Grozny at the start of the war had elements of the 76th, 98th, 104th, and 106th GAD.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. 1999–2009 conflict in Chechnya and the North Caucasus This article is about the war during the period of 1999–2009. For the following conflict in North Caucasus, see Insurgency in the North Caucasus. Second Chechen War Part of the Chechen-Russian conflict and the Post-Soviet ...
The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. After a mutually agreed on treaty and terms, the Russians withdrew until they invaded again three years later, in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2000.
Meanwhile, Ilyas Akhmadov, Chechnya's unrecognised foreign minister, announced in Washington that the separatists want to end "this useless war" with Russia. The commander of VDV Georgy Shpak responded with a statement that the estimated 2,500 active insurgent fighters should be not presented an offer to capitulate but "exterminated" at any cost.
In August 1999, a battalion sized task force of the regiment was deployed to fight in the Second Chechen War. After being withdrawn from Chechnya in November 2004, the regiment once again became the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade on 1 May 2009 and in July 2010 was designated as the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade (Light). [3]
The exact number of Chechen casualties of this conflict are difficult to ascertain due to lack of records and the long time period of the clashes. One source indicates that at least 60,000 Chechens were killed in the First and Second Chechen War in the 1990s and 2000s alone.
The 45th Guards Spetsnaz (Special Purpose) Detached Brigade (Russian: 45-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения (45-я ОБр СпН); Military Unit Number 28337) is the only spetsnaz unit of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV), based near Moscow. [1]