KHANKALA, July 21 (AVN) - Over the past 24 hours SU-25 Frogfoot attack planes have flown 10, an AN-30 Clank reconnaissance plane - one and MI-24 fire support helicopters - some 30 mission in Chechnya, a spokesman for the unified federal headquarters told the Military News Agency.
The main strikes were inflicted upon the earlier exposed rebel bases and gatherings in the Vedeno district of the republic and near the Chechnya-Dagestan frontier. According to preliminary data a mountain rebel base and three strongholds were eliminated.
An IL-76 Candid transport evacuated 148 servicemen and two tons of technical cargo to the Central Russia.