2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush

2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush
Part of the Second Chechen War

A BTR-80 armored personnel carrier disabled by Chechen militants during the ambush.
Date29 March 2000
Location
Near Zhani-Vedeno, Chechnya
Result Successful Ambush - Chechen Victory
Belligerents
 Russia Islamic International Brigade
Commanders and leaders
Russia Valentin Simonov † Abu Quteiba
Strength
41 OMON Military police + 7 MVD soldiers
2 BTR-80s[1] (ambush)
107 OMON Troops, unknown number of vehicles (reinforcements)		 est. 40+ Chechen Fighters/Militants
Casualties and losses
40+ killed[2][3]
15 wounded[4]
11 captured (9 later executed)		 Unknown[citation needed]

The 2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush took place on March 29, 2000, when a mechanized column of special Russian Military Police troops was ambushed in the southern Vedensky District of Chechnya. As the result of the attack on the convoy and on Russian relief forces, scores of Russian special police and paramilitary troops were killed or captured. 40 OMON officers in the column and six in a relief column were killed and 11 more were taken hostage, 9 of whom were executed soon after Russian command refused to swap them for the arrested Russian commander Yuri Budanov.

  1. ^ "BBC News | EUROPE | Chechen ambush blamed on commanders".
  2. ^ "Chechen ambush blamed on commanders". BBC News. 2 April 2000.
  3. ^ Michael R. Gordon (3 April 2000). "Chechen Ambush Deaths Led to Russian Military Confusion". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Michael R. Gordon (3 April 2000). "Chechen Ambush Deaths Led to Russian Military Confusion". The New York Times.