MAKHACHKALA, September 30 (AVN) - A ground operation of Russian Federal troops in the territory of Chechnya has in fact already been started.
A source in the Staff of the United Federal troops in Dagestan affirmed the Military News Agency the truth of the statement that main hills on the territory of Chechnya nearby the towns of Zondag and Galayti have already been occupied by the Federal troops. "Air cavalry was given this task from the very beginning" he said. The Defence Ministry Press-office in Dagestan refused to approve this information, but the Military News Agency correspondent did not get a positive reply while asking whether it meant that no subdivision had entered the territory of Chechnya.