Battle of Khankala

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Battle of Khankala
Part of First Chechen War
Date December 28, 1994 Location Khankala, Chechnya Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Airborne Troops	Chechen National Guard
Casualties and losses
	6 tanks,1 APC

v • d • e First Chechen War 1st Grozny – Dolinskoye – Khankala – 2nd Grozny – Samashki – Budyonnovsk – Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye – Black Sea – Shatoy – 3rd Grozny

Battle of Khankala was a failed attempt by the Chechen to counterattack at Khankala from Grozny and Argun using armoured vehicles.

Khankala, the former Soviet military base and airstrip at the eastern outskirts of Grozny, also overtaking the main Rostov-Baku highway and cutting direct access into Grozny from Argun was captured in a surprise south-east dash from Tolstoy-Yurt, by a column of Russian troops led by elements of the 104th Airborne Division.

Reportedly, the Chechens lost six tanks and one APC in this battle.