91.   Initially, Russian helicopter gunships and bombers could fly low bombing missions and attack Islamic guerrillas with near impunity.

92.   In the southwestern outskirts of Grozny, Russian helicopters strafed the villages of Alkhan-Yurt and Alkhan-Kala for the third consecutive day.

93.   It quoted Chechen officials as saying the order was prompted by increasingly frequent flyovers by Russian military helicopters.

94.   It said among those arrested were two Russian helicopter technicians, Vladimir Cheped and Ivan Martinovich.

95.   It also owns a Russian military helicopter, and a notebook seized from an arrested cult official lists prices of Russian nuclear warheads, tanks and other weapons.

96.   It also said a Russian helicopter with four servicemen aboard had crashed in the mountains.

97.   It was the third loss of a Russian helicopter in Chechnya in less than two weeks.

98.   It was the third loss of a Russian helicopter in the breakaway republic in less than two weeks.

99.   Meanwhile, a prominent Chechen warlord leading the rebels said that his army had shot down seven Russian helicopters and one plane.

100.   Near Pervomayskaya, Russian helicopters forced the convoy to turn back.