Shatoy ambush
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The Shatoy ambush (known in Russia as the Battle of Yarysh-mardy) was a significant event during the First Chechen War. It occurred near the town of Shatoy, located in the southern mountains of Chechnya. Chechen insurgents under the leadership of their Arab-born commander, Ibn al-Khattab, would launch an attack on a large Russian Armed Forces army convoy resulting in a three hour long battle.
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Part of First Chechen War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
245th Motor Rifle Company
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100-200+ troops | 43 Chechen Fighters | ||||||
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100-187+ killed [1][2][3] | 3 killed, 6 wounded |
The Chechen rebels would succeed in totally destroying nearly all the vehicles within the convoy and inflicting extreme severe losses on Russian troops.[5] The battle signified a major shift in Chechen defensive tactics and marked one of the most debilitating defeats suffered by the Russian military during the war.[6]