Chechnya - 47 Russians Captured

(12 Dec 1994) Russia confirmed on Monday that 47 of its servicemen had been captured when its troops entered the rebel region of Chechnya on Sunday (11/12). A spokeswoman for a special government information centre on Chechnya said the servicemen had been captured inside the breakaway territory, near the border with the semi-autonomous republic of Sunday (11/12) thousands of residents tried desperately to leave Grozny The rush to flee the area followed reports that the Russians had begun firing in some neighbouring republics. The injured were taken to hopsital in nearby Nazran in Ingushetia. SHOWS: 12/12 NAZRAN, INGUSHETIA injured in bed man with legs bandaged; man in bed with bandaged hand man speaking from his bed 11/12 DAGASTAN captured russian soldiers into room russian sot by the man, who says that his name is liutenant-colonel Sereghin, that his regiment was give an order to take the position beyond bridge, and they crossed the riv