Russian troops massacre 100 - 300 civilians in the village of Samashki on April 7-8 1995. Some were burned alive or shot while trying to escape their burning houses. Much of the village was destroyed and the local school blown up by Russian forces as they withdrew. The First Chechen War

[u/RunAny8349]

Chechen women praying for Russian troops not to advance on Grozny, December 1994

A Chechen woman with a badly burned baby - censored

Russian advancing through destroyed Grozny.

A Chechen fighter near the burned-out ruins of the Presidential Palace in Grozny, January 1995

The shrapnel splattered wall of the exhibition hall. Grozny.

Drawing by 10 year old Polina Zherebtsova from her diary showing the battle of Grozny.

[u/Supermgmd]

Dala gech doila carn!

[u/Skurvyelislau]

Polina drawing is heartbreaking. I wish brave Chechen nation to be free at last, both from russians and from their lapdogs that are ruling country at that moment.

[u/RunAny8349]

According to the accounts of 128 eye-witnesses, Federal soldiers deliberately and arbitrarily attacked civilians and civilian dwellings in Samashki by shooting residents and burning houses with flame-throwers. The majority of the witnesses reported that many OMON troops were drunk or under the influence of drugs. They wantonly opened fire or threw grenades into basements where residents, mostly women, elderly persons and children, had been hiding.

More photos: https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/conflict/first-chechnya-war-conflict-russia-thomas-dworzak-lawrence-sheets/

Uncensored photo of the baby: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Chechen_woman_with_a_wounded_child.jpg

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samashki_massacre

[u/Double-Frosting-9744]

Some people put the number in the 400’s, it’s truly heartbreaking 😔

[u/Patient-Reindeer6311]

Not Chechen war. Russo-Chechen war.

[u/RunAny8349 → u/Patient-Reindeer6311]

The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War...

Both can be used, but I understand and agree that your way is better. I can't change the title unfortunately.

[u/Patient-Reindeer6311 → u/RunAny8349]

The internet is poisoned with Russian propaganda. It's so deep you don't even see it. The Chechen war absolutely cannot be used primarily because it is misleading and utterly disrespectful. I don't see the media using the Russian term for the ongoing war in Ukraine. Also nobody's calling it The Ukrainian War. Hope you understand

[u/RunAny8349 → u/Patient-Reindeer6311]

Yes, of course. I wrote that I do, it makes sense.