61.   She was directing her remarks also to the Russian offensive in the secession-inclined republic of Chechnya and unrest in Dagestan.

62.   The attack came after the collapse of a May peace agreement and amid a continuing Russian offensive in the southern mountains.

63.   The clashes come amid growing foreign criticism of the Russian offensive.

64.   The clashes came amid growing foreign criticism of the Russian offensive.

65.   The cease-fire, shaky from the beginning, was shattered by a Russian offensive last week.

66.   The Chechen government has no control over the militants, but its forces are fighting side by side with the rebels against the Russian offensive.

67.   The killings in Grozny came in the midst of a Russian offensive against the rebels in southeastern Chechnya, in which dozens of civilians have died.

68.   The main thrust of the Russian offensive was directed southwest, to the part of the wrecked capital still held by Chechen fighters.

69.   The Russian offensive is not limited to NATO and other summit issues.

70.   The Russian offensive was accompanied by a clampdown in Grozny, the Chechen capital.