Battle for Argun
The Battle for Argun (Russian: Битва за Аргун; Chechen: Оргера тӀом) took place between Chechen Islamists under the command of Ramzan Akhmadov and Ibn al-Khattab and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the early stages of the Second Chechen war for control of the city of Argun. This military operation lasted four days and ended with significant losses for the Russian army.
| Battle for Argun | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Chechen war | |||||||
Ramzan Akhmadov, Ibn al-Khattab, Abu al-Walid and Abu Jafar before the battle for Argun | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Federation |
Urus-Martanovsky Jamaat Islamic International Brigade | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gennady Troshev |
Ramzan Akhmadov Ibn al-Khattab Abu al-Walid | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
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