Battle for Argun

Battle for Argun
Part of the Second Chechen war
Ramzan Akhmadov, Ibn al-Khattab, Abu al-Walid and Abu Jafar before the battle for Argun
Date 9–13 January 2000 Location Argun, Chechen Republic Result Chechen victory
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
Russian claim: 80	unknown

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.^[1]