KHANKALA. May 16 (Interfax-AVN) - The command of the unified federal troops group in Chechnya has officially confirmed the death of field commander Eldarov.
The headquarters of the force did not disclose any details to Interfax-Military News Agency, but said that another field commander from the Shamil Basayev unit, a certain Saduyev, was heavily wounded in that special operation.
A total of 17 special operations were held in Chechnya on Wednesday. They took place in Grozny and in the Grozny rural, Achkhoi-Martan, Vedeno, Nozhai-Yurt, Gudermes, Nadterechny, Urus- Martan and Shelkovskaya districts. Federals engaged in the operations destroyed three rebels and detained more than 30 people on suspicion of involvement in illegal armed formations.
In addition, federals found and destroyed six arms and ammo caches. A total of 11 assault rifles, 43 artillery shells, 31 mortar shells, six portable antitank grenade launchers, about 40 hand grenades, 10kg of explosives and almost 12,000 small-arms cartridges were seized. Sappers defused 25 explosive devices.