Chechnya - Russians Shell Pervomaiskoye

(14 Dec 1994) Russian forces Wednesday repeatedly shelled the village of Pervomaiskaya, 15 kilometres northwest of Grozny, Wednesday (14/12), killing at least two people and wounding eight, witnesses said. Women and children took refuge in cellars and makeshift bomb shelters after they found themselves in the line of fierce fighting. Tanks are deployed in the streets and snipers fire from behind ruins. On Grozny itself, Russian planes opened machine-gun fire and bombed its outskirts. And as night fell, Russian helicopters fired on a training airfield outside the capital, setting fire to several planes. Also in Grozny, journalists were permitted to speak to Russian prisoners captured by Chechen forces. SHOWS: VARIOUS NR CHECHNYA, 14/12 PERVOMAISKAYA, CHECHNYA chechen army tanks in village chechen fighters vs of damaged buildings tank on street bullet-studded vehicles entrance to bomb shelter vs of women and children in bomb shelter woman crying NEAR TOLSTOY-URT, CHECHNYA planes in sky river russian trucks driving through mud soldiers with pontoon making equipment lifting branch in swamp area truck arrives and drives onto pontoon truck driving towards camera vs tanks tank racing up to sudden halt GROZNY: smoke rising from aiport in distance palls of smoke aircraft with flames pouring out chechens with rescue vehicles vs of burning planes russian prisoners inside chechen presidential palace with sound of gunfire cement blockades being laid around grozny chechen volunteers on patrol with weapons Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: