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RUSSLAND TSCHETSCHENIEN KRIEG 1994
Russian Interior Ministry officers drag a concrete block to reinforce a checkpoint near Sleptsovsk, on the Chechen border, 50 km (38 miles) west of Grozny on Thursday, Dec, 15, 1994. An estimated 10,000 to 40,000 Russian soldiers, supported by tanks, warplanes and helicopter gunships, rolled into Chechnya on Sunday, seeking to disarm its forces and oust what Moscow considers a “criminal” regime. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin)
Instructions
14278
License
Rights Managed
Date created
19941215
Place
SLEPTSOVSK RUSSLAND
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
AP NY
Byline
SERGEI KARPUKHIN
Size
2997 x 1980 px
File type
JPEG