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| Borozdinovskaya operation | |
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| Part of Second Chechen War | |
| Location | Borozdinovskaya, Shelkovsky District, Chechnya |
| Coordinates | 43°49′N 46°35′E / 43.82°N 46.59°E |
| Date | June 4, 2005 |
| Target | Ethnic Avar village |
Attack type | Punitive expedition |
| Deaths | At least 1 killed, at least 11 "disappeared" |
| Perpetrators | Ethnic Chechen Special Battalion Vostok soldiers |
| Motive | Murder of a Chechen Special Battalion Vostok member's father resident in the village |
The Borozdinovskaya operation was a zachistka-type (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian forces in Borozdinovskaya, Chechnya, on June 4, 2005, during the Second Chechen War. Members of the Special Battalion Vostok, an ethnic Chechen Spetsnaz unit of the Russian GRU, killed or disappeared 12 people in the ethnic minority Avar village of Borozdinovskaya, near the border with the Dagestan. Representatives of the Russian federal authorities expressed outrage over the incident, and the commander of the unit responsible was convicted.