KHANKALA. Oct 2 (Interfax-AVN) - Federal formations have carried out a number of special operations that resulted in elimination of 15 rebels in Chechnya during the past two days, a spokesman for the deputy commander of the Interior Ministry troops group in the North Caucasus told Interfax-Military News Agency on Tuesday.
Servicemen exposed 18 caches with arms and ammunition and confiscated 14 grenade launchers, 28,000 small arms cartridges and 41 kg of explosives, said the spokesman. As many as 15 suspected rebels were detained.
Meanwhile, federal artillery accomplished 23 firing missions, eliminating rebel groups in mountains of the Vedeno and Shatoi districts, the spokesman stressed.