Second Chechen War

Second Chechen War
Part of Chechen–Russian conflict
Russian artillery shell militant positions near the village of Duba-Yurt in January 2000.
Date Battle phase: 26 August 1999 – May 2000 Insurgency phase: June 2000 – 15 April 2009 (9 years, 7 months and 3 weeks) Location Chechnya, parts of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Georgia. Terrorist incidents across country, mainly in Moscow and South Russia. Result Russian victory Establishment of a pro-Russian Chechen government Territorial integrity of the Russian Federation is preserved Ongoing low-level insurgency
Belligerents
Russian Federation Chechen Republic	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1999–2007) Caucasian Front (2005–2007) Caucasus Emirate (2007–2009) Foreign Mujahideen
Commanders and leaders
Boris Yeltsin (until 31 December 1999) Vladimir Putin Igor Sergeyev Viktor Kazantsev Gennady Troshev Vladimir Boldyrev Alexander Baranov Anatoliy Serdyukov Sergei Ivanov Nikolai Patrushev Valentin Korabelnikov Anatoly Kvashnin Yuri Baluyevsky Akhmad Kadyrov † Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov Sergey Abramov Mukhu Aliyev	Aslan Maskhadov † Abdul Halim Sadulayev † Dokka Umarov Ilyas Akhmadov Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev † Isa Munayev Akhmed Avtorkhanov † Ibn al-Khattab † Abu al-Walid † Abu Hafs al-Urduni † Muhannad Ali Taziev Supyan Abdullayev Shamil Basayev † Ruslan Gelayev † Salman Raduyev † Sulim Yamadayev † Rappani Khalilov † Yassir al-Sudani Abdulla Kurd
Strength
~80,000 (in 1999)	~22,000–30,000 (in 1999)
Casualties and losses
3,536–3,635 soldiers, 2,364–2,572 Interior ministry troops, 1,072 Chechen police officers and 106 FSB and GRU operatives killed Total killed: 7,217–7,425*	14,113 militants killed (1999–2002) 2,186 militants killed (2003–2009) Total killed: 16,299
Civilian casualties: Estimate up to 25,000 killed and up to 5,000 disappeared in Chechnya (AI estimate) Estimate total number of casualties: ~80,000 killed in Chechnya (GfbV estimate), More in neighbouring regions, More than 600 killed during attacks in Russia proper. Other estimates for civilian dead 150,000 to 250,000 Total killed military/civilian: ~50,000–80,000 Others estimate~150,000-250,000
The Committee of soldiers' mothers group disputed the official government count of the number of war dead and claimed that 14,000 Russian servicemen were killed during the war from 1999 to 2005.

Russian victory

 Russian Federation

Civilian casualties:
Estimate up to 25,000 killed and up to 5,000 disappeared in Chechnya (AI estimate)
Estimate total number of casualties:
~80,000 killed in Chechnya (GfbV estimate),
More in neighbouring regions,
More than 600 killed during attacks in Russia proper.
Other estimates for civilian dead 150,000 to 250,000

The Second Chechen War was an invasion launched by the Russian Federation, starting 26 August 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Brigade (IIB).

On 1 October, Russian troops entered Chechnya. The campaign ended the de facto independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and restored Russian federal control over the territory.

During the initial campaign, Russian military and pro-Russian Chechen paramilitary forces faced Chechen separatists in open combat, and seized the Chechen capital Grozny after a winter siege that lasted from late 1999 until February 2000. Russia established direct rule of Chechnya in May 2000 and after the full-scale offensive, Chechen militant resistance throughout the North Caucasus region continued to inflict heavy Russian casualties and challenge Russian political control over Chechnya for several more years. Some Chechen separatists also carried out attacks against civilians in Russia. These attacks, as well as widespread human rights violations by Russian and separatist forces, drew international condemnation.

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