1. After a week of fighting, commanders said Russian warplanes, helicopters and artillery had begun to decimate the rebels. 2. A Dagestan government spokesman said Russian warplanes and helicopters targeted villages in the Botlikh region of Dagestan overnight into Saturday morning. 3. Barker said warplanes and ships were firing at the range when Navy personnel at an observation post spotted a flash from what appeared to be a signal mirror. 4. Elsewhere in embattled Chechnya, Russian commanders said warplanes and artillery attacked rebel positions in the south. 5. Elsewhere in Chechnya today, Russian commanders said warplanes and artillery attacked rebel positions in the south, the Interfax news agency reported. 6. Elsewhere in embattled Chechnya, Russian commanders said warplanes and artillery attacked rebel positions in the south, the Interfax news agency reported. 7. NATO officials said warplanes and cruise missiles hit ammunition depots, bridges, communications facilities and anti-air defense installations as well as Serb forces and tanks throughout Kosovo. 8. Officials said warplanes and attack helicopters had successfully raided several suspected rebel hideouts in rough, mountainous regions. 9. On Capitol Hill, Gen. John Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the warplanes that led the strike against the Serb tanks returned safely. 10. Russian commanders said warplanes and artillery attacked other rebel positions in the south. |