“During the entire Second Chechen War, Russia lost 6,000 soldiers. That means that in just one month near Pokrovsk, Russia ...

[The Second Chechen War (1999–2009) was an armed conflict between Russia and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. It resulted in Russia regaining control over Chechnya and the establishment of a pr ...

(Photo by Oleg Nikishin/AFP via Getty Images) After the Second Russo-Chechen War, Russia was inspired by its success and continued with the attacks. Next came Georgia and then Ukraine. Indeed ...