Battle of Khankala

Part of the First Chechen War

Date	28 December 1994
Location	Khankala, Chechnya
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Russian Airborne Troops

Chechen National Guard

Casualties and losses

Unknown

6 tanks destroyed
1 armoured vehicle destroyed

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

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

Khankala is a 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, in the aftermath of the battle, the Chechen attackers were repelled by Russian paratroopers, losing six tanks and an armoured personnel carrier.

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