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At least 20 insurgents have been killed in an operation by Russian security forces in the restive republic of Ingushetia, officials say. Fighting erupted after troops surrounded a group of militants in a mountain forest near Chechnya's border.Russia's interior and defence ministries and the Federal Security Service launched the sweep on Thursday.Fighting by Muslim militants against Russian rule has stepped up in the past two years in Ingushetia and Dagestan....Ingushetia operation against militants 'kills 20'
At least 20 insurgents have been killed in an operation by Russian security forces in the restive republic of Ingushetia, officials say. Fighting erupted after troops surrounded a group of militants in a mountain forest near Chechnya's border.Russia's interior and defence ministries and the Federal Security Service launched the sweep on Thursday.Fighting by Muslim militants against Russian rule has stepped up in the past two years in Ingushetia and Dagestan....
