Chechnya - Opposition Denies Russian Attack Claims

(22 Nov 1994) The leader of the Chechen opposition on Tuesday (22/11) denied
that Russian forces were involved in the fighting around the
border village of Bratskoye on the weekend. Umar Avturkhanov,
leader of the Provisional Council which was set up in opposition
to President Djokhar Dudayev's government, said that not one
Russian tank or helicopter was involved in the attack. He said
that claims by Dudayev's side that Bratskoye was taken using
Russian forces were groundless and merely anti-Russian in nature.
"The situation in Chechnya is worsening every day," he added. "The
Dudayev regime is on its last legs and they know it."
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BRATSKOYE (16KM FROM GROZNY), Chechnya, 22/11
WTN common RTV
umar afturkhanov, head of chechen's opposition coalition -- the
temporary council -- sot in russian, "president dzhokhar dudayev's
regime is going to fall in the near future and there will be no
civil war in the region. the opposition is free to choose any
support it likes.... dudayev's forces are not fighting with
home-made weapons either"
vs of tanks and apcs
masked soldiers with weapons
more of military vehicles
soldiers getting out of apc
tanks on streets of bratskoye

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