21.   The Russian aircraft were flying around you, and they could harass you.

22.   The station is exceptionally difficult and expensive to maintain because it is beyond the range of suitable Russian aircraft.

23.   Under clearing skies, Russian aircraft and artillery bombarded the city in a furious effort to soften up the rebel resistance.

24.   Preparing for the expected showdown, Russian aircraft and rockets blasted a village and other Chechen positions Tuesday.

25.   President Boris Yeltsin ordered the government on Friday to urgently improve flight safety in the wake of a string of crashes of Russian aircraft.

26.   A Moscow radio station said Russian aircraft bombed mountain villages south of Grozny Sunday.

27.   A Moscow radio station, Moscow Echo, said Russian aircraft bombed mountain villages south of Grozny Sunday.

28.   A Russian aircraft manufacturing delegation will start negotiations next Tuesday for the possible takeover of parts of the bankrupt Dutch company Fokker NV, a spokesman confirmed Friday.

29.   A separatist spokesman told the news agency that Russian aircraft and artillery have been shelling rebel positions in villages in the southern, eastern and southwestern regions of Chechnya.

30.   A separatist spokesman told Interfax that Russian aircraft and artillery have been shelling rebel positions in villages in the southern, eastern and southwestern regions of Chechnya.