KANKALA. Dec 3 (Interfax-AVN) - Army and police SOp forces have eliminated eight rebels in the Vedeno district of Chechnya early Wednesday, a competent source in the Regional HQ for Antiterrorist Operations in the North Caucasus told Interfax- Military News Agency Wednesday.
"Army and police SOp forces have eliminated eight rebels in a night engagement the Vedeno district of Chechnya. Four of the rebels were mercenaries," the source said.
He said that in the past day the federal forces had destroyed a rebel base and eight caches with weapons, seized several firearms and over 5,700 various pieces of ammo.
"Tactical aviation has not been engaged. Army aviation helicopters transferred about 40 personnel in 15 sorties," the source said.