First Chechen War
The Chechens launched another surprise attack on Grozny
Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
On 6 August 1996, three days before Yeltsin was to be inaugurated for his second term as Russian president and when most of the Russian Army troops were moved south due to what was planned as their final offensive against remaining mountainous separatist strongholds, the Chechens launched another surprise attack on Grozny.