81.   Chechen rebels fighting in the village of Goyskoye said they had repelled two massive Russian assaults backed by air power on Sunday.

82.   Chechen fighters in Bamut, blasted with thousands of Russian shells and bombs, have three times beat back Russian assaults.

83.   Chechen fighters in Bamut, blasted with thousands of Russian shells and bombs, have three times beaten back Russian assaults.

84.   Chechen military commanders said their forces had repulsed a second Russian assault on the village of Bamut in western Chechnya on Tuesday.

85.   Chechen rebels in the village of Goyskoye said they had repelled two massive Russian assaults backed by air power.

86.   Chechen separatist forces are running out of ammunition and slowly retreating before colossal Russian assaults, but fighters at the frontline say they are determined to hold their ground.

87.   Defence Minister Igor Rodionov reprimanded Pulikovsky for his two-day ultimatum issued late Monday for civilians to leave Grozny ahead of a major Russian assault.

88.   Defense Minister Pavel Grachev apologized Tuesday for insulting a senior human rights official and a parliamentary deputy who are opposed to the Russian assault on Chechnya.

89.   Earlier reports of Russian troop movement on the Chechen border fuelled intense fears in Grozny that a Russian assault would be launched at dawn.

90.   Earlier the FSB said the rebels had killed eight Russian policemen, triggering the Russian assault Monday.