GROZNY. March 25 (Interfax-AVN) - The federal force destroyed two large rebel camps in Chechnya over the past 24 hours.
An army reconnaissance group found the camps in the vicinity of the Neftyanoye highland village in the Vedeno district, the regional headquarters in charge of the anti-guerrilla operation in the North Caucasus told Interfax on Monday.
Armored vehicles were dispatched to destroy the camps. In addition, artillery strikes were inflicted on exposed targets. Losses among rebels are being calculated. It is already clear that they lost a considerable amount of arms, ammo and foodstuffs, the headquarters stressed.
An Igla air defense system was found in Tsa-Vedeno village during a special operation.