61.   Russian helicopters on Thursday bombed a village in Ingushetia, the republic neighbouring Chechnya, and one person was wounded, an Ingush spokesman said.

62.   Russian planes bombed several villages in southeast Chechnya late Monday, causing extensive damage, a Chechen separatist spokesman said.

63.   Russian warplanes bombed several villages in the Urus Martan area of southwestern Chechnya Thursday, a Russian military spokesman quoted by Interfax news agency said.

64.   Russian artillery and planes have regularly bombed villages southwest of the city since fighting spread to the area after the Russians completed their encirclement of the city.

65.   Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev visited Grozny on Thursday as renewed fighting with separatist rebels broke out in the Chechen capital and Russian planes bombed southwestern villages.

66.   Russian warplanes bombed several villages in the Urus Martan area of southern Chechnya Thursday, a Russian military spokesman quoted by Interfax news agency said.

67.   Separatist negotiators refused to meet a Moscow peace delegation Sunday in the Chechen capital Grozny because Russian warplanes had bombed villages in southern Chechnya overnight.

68.   The Chechens meanwhile complain that Russian troops and airborne forces have harassed and bombed mountain villages.

69.   The minister also lashed out at Uganda after Kampala said Sudanese warplanes had bombed a village on its border with Sudan, injuring four civilians.