Battle of Khankala

Coordinates: 43°18′28″N 45°46′12″E / 43.30778°N 45.77000°E / 43.30778; 45.77000

Battle of Khankala

Date	December 28, 1994
Location	Khankala, Chechnya
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Russian Airborne Troops

Chechen National Guard

Casualties and losses

Unknown

7 armoured vehicles

First Chechen War

1994–1995: 1st Grozny Dolinskoye Khankala 2nd Grozny Shali cluster bombing Samashki massacre Budyonnovsk crisis 1996: Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye crisis Black Sea crisis Shatoy 3rd Grozny

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

Khankala is 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 the Chechen capital of Grozny from the town of Argun. It was captured by a column of Russian troops led by elements of the 104th Guards Airborne Division in a surprise south-east dash from the village of Tolstoy-Yurt.

Reportedly, the Chechens lost six tanks and an armoured personnel carrier while failing to dislodge the Russian paratroopers.