Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2005)
Timeline January January 2 - A three-day battle on a mountain near Gimry in Dagestan between some 3,000 Russian troops and a group of estimated eight armed rebels left three servicemen dead and more than 10 wounded, with no rebel losses. January 5 - A series of incidents over the previous two days killed 14 Russian soldiers and three policemen and wounded 15 others in chechnya Chechnya. January 8 - Four to five rebels were killed when the federal and republican forces stormed and destroyed a building in Nazran, Ingushetia. January 15 - Four Russian commandos and six rebels were killed in a siege and police raid in Dagestan; two people were wounded and one militant captured. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov issued a special order to stop all offensive operations both inside and outside Chechnya until the end of February as a gesture of goodwill. January 25 - Seven Russian soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in attacks and explosions across Chechnya. January 27 - Seven people, including three women, died in the shoot-out between the Russian security forces and suspected Islamic militants in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria. Russian military spokesman said that a "terrorist base" was destroyed and six militants,