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allegedly called the attack a "little harassing operation". The attack was only a rehearsal for a much larger
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734:Chechnya: A Small Victorious War
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313:Casualties and losses
302:700 to 1,500 fighters
184:Vyacheslav Ovchinikov
165:Vyacheslav Tikhomirov
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594:Aftermath
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