World IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Chechen Factories Targets of Bombing
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Russian forces attacked break-away Chechnya’s capital region from the air, targeting petrochemical plants outside the city. “It means they’re losing hope of taking Grozny,” said Salaudin Kitayev, a Chechen commander. “Otherwise, they’d save the factories for themselves.” Russia has been unable to take Grozny despite a ferocious five-week offensive. Fierce fighting also was reported south of the Sunzha River, a rough front line that had separated Chechens to the south from Russians to the north for weeks.
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