71.   After weeks of street clashes, Russian troops reached Minutka Square near the center of the city.

72.   After weeks of wrangling, NATO and Russia agreed on a role for Russian troops in the peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

73.   All we know is we have a very small number of Russian troops there.

74.   Also Sunday, Russian troops found the body of Major General Mikhail Malofeyev, who disappeared during fighting last week, Kremlin spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky announced in Moscow.

75.   Both countries have indicated that they wanted to negotiate withdrawal schedules for Russian troops.

76.   Burlakov recently returned to Russia after serving as commander of Russian troops in Germany.

77.   But advancing Russian troops forced the Germans to prematurely ship out the factory machinery and the slave laborers.

78.   But although Russian troops have conquered all the major towns in Chechnya, they have been unable to wipe out resistance by the militants.

79.   But as Russian troops pressed Wednesday toward the capital from the north, east and west, a new assault on the war-devastated capital appeared imminent.

80.   But at the airport, thousands of Russian troops narrowed the likelihood of an attack.