Russian soldiers attacked in Ingushetia

by Andy on July 7, 2007

Most of the major news agencies are reporting that a Russian military base has been attacked in Ingushetia, although the reports all seem to give conflicting accounts of what happened.

Interfax covers the incident in just two short paragraphs, reporting that there was an attack on the 503rd motor rifle regiment in Troitskaya, but that there were no casualties.

Kavkaz Center, the pro-rebel website initially reported that 25 Russian soldiers had been killed, but later downgraded this to 13 Russian soldiers killed and 25 injured although, funnily enough, the figures on the Russian language page of their website are slightly different.  Impressively, only four of their highly skilled troops suffered “light injuries”. 

Hmm…