Shatoy ambush

Shatoy ambush
	Part of First Chechen War
Date	16 April 1996
Location	Yarysh-mardy, Chechnya
Result	Chechen victory
Belligerents
Russia	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Commanders and leaders
Pyotr Terzovets †	Ruslan Gelayev ; Ibn al-Khattab
Units involved
245th Motor Rifle Regiment 2nd Battalion;	Detachment led by Gelayev & Khattab
Strength
At least 200 troops	43
Casualties and losses
223 killed; 51-52 wounded 50 military vehicles destroyed	3 killed, 6 wounded

The Shatoy ambush (known in Russia as the Battle of Yarysh-mardy) was a significant event during the First Chechen War. It occurred near the town of Shatoy, located in the southern mountains of Chechnya. Chechen insurgents under the leadership of their Arab-born commander, Ibn al-Khattab, would launch an attack on a large Russian Armed Forces army convoy resulting in a three hour long battle.

The Chechen rebels would succeed in totally destroying all vehicles within the convoy and inflicting severe losses on Russian troops.^[5] The battle signified a major shift in Chechen defensive tactics and marked one of the most debilitating defeats suffered by the Russian military during the war.^[6]

^ Измайлов, Вячеслав Без вести погибшие Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine // Новая газета. — № 66. — 8 сентября 2003 г.
^ ^a ^b Arab-born Chechen leader 'killed', The Daily Telegraph, 26 April 2002
^ Chechen rebels kill 26 Russian soldiers in ambush Archived 2005-05-30 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax, 96 04 17
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.globalterroralert.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Huérou, Anne Le; Merlin, Aude; Regamey, Amandine; Sieca-Kozlowski, Elisabeth (2014-09-15). Chechnya at War and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-75616-3.
^ Gammer, Moshe (2007-10-22). Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus: Post-Soviet Disorder. Routledge. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-134-09853-8.

[1] Измайлов, Вячеслав Без вести погибшие Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine // Новая газета. — № 66. — 8 сентября 2003 г.

[telegraph-2] Arab-born Chechen leader 'killed', The Daily Telegraph, 26 April 2002

[paksearch.com-3] Chechen rebels kill 26 Russian soldiers in ambush Archived 2005-05-30 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax, 96 04 17

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.globalterroralert.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Huérou, Anne Le; Merlin, Aude; Regamey, Amandine; Sieca-Kozlowski, Elisabeth (2014-09-15). Chechnya at War and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-75616-3.

[6] Gammer, Moshe (2007-10-22). Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus: Post-Soviet Disorder. Routledge. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-134-09853-8.

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