What Putin's destruction of Grozny in 1999 means for Ukraine now

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In 1999, Putin ordered the airstrikes and bombing that razed the Chechen capital of Grozny. Could he do it again, in Ukraine? Andrew Harding, Michael Kofman and Paul Stronski join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:58.9	In 1999, Chechen fighters entered Russia's Dagestan region and declared it an independent state.
1:05.3	Russia retaliated in Chechnya in what's known as the second Chechen war.
1:10.8	Officially, Russians called it a counterterrorism operation.
1:14.6	It was supposed to be brief and victorious.
1:18.0	By October 1999, then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the complete takeover of the Chechen capital of Grozny.
1:27.6	From December 1999 to February 2000, the Russian military laid siege to Grozny.
1:34.4	Putin vowed that the military would not stop bombing Grozny until Russian troops' quote
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