In 1999, Vladimir Putin faced his first major military challenge as Russia launched a new offensive against Chechnya ...

Why has Russia’s military failed to achieve a different outcome in Ukraine than in Chechnya decades earlier, despite years of modernization and investment? The answer lies in Russian president ...

Among all the tanks produced by the Soviet Union, the T-80 stands out as the black sheep of the family. Forever stuck in the shadows of its younger brother, the T-72, the T-80 never received glowing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, ...

It's been 30 years since the first Chechen war when Moscow attacked the breakaway Chechen Republic, laying the capital, Grozny, to waste. Just as with the current war against Ukraine, Russia expected ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russian forces in Ukraine have lost "five times more helicopters" than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

BBC News Online examines the background to the Chechen conflict. Q: How long has the Chechen conflict been going on? A: Chechnya declared independence from Russia in November 1991, but Boris Yeltsin ...

They spent their childhoods counting victims, listening to detonations and military helicopters, hearing stories of horrors, and speaking their first words as refugees. December 2025 marked 30 years ...