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Galashki ambush

Date	May 11, 2000
Location	Near Galashki, Ingushetia
Result	Chechen victory

Belligerents

Russian

Ichkeria

Strength

Casualties and losses

19 killed, 2 wounded

Galashki ambush was the first combat incident in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia linked to the Second Chechen War. The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting August 26 Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Ingushetia ( Ingush: ГӀалгӀай Мохк Респу́блика Ингуше́тия Respublika Ingushetiya) is a federal Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ɪʧˈkɛriə ( Chechen Latin: Noxçiyn Respublika Noxçiyçö Chechen Cyrillic: Нохчийн Республика Нохчийчоь Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Republic of Ingushetia ( Ingush: ГӀалгӀай Мохк Респу́блика Ингуше́тия Respublika Ingushetiya) is a federal The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting August 26

Only three out of 22 Russian soldiers (two of them wounded) survived the May 11, 2000, ambush of their two-lorry convoy returning from Chechnya. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors (the ambushing force use Concealment to attack a passing enemy The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika The attack took place near the village of Galashki south of capital Nazran, about 20 kilometers from the border with Chechnya. Nazran (Назра́нь Ingush: inh Наьсара inh ''Näsara'' is a town in Russia.

External links

Russian convoy hit by rebels, BBC News, 11 May, 2000
Rebels Destroy a Convoy Outside Chechnya, New York Times, May 12, 2000
Chechens cross border to kill troops troops, The Guardian, May 12 2000
19 Russian soldiers killed as rebels widen war, The Telegraph, 13 May 2000

The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.

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