81.  Russian troops have already made forays into the city, described by military spokesman as reconnaissance operations.

82.  Serbian soldiers tried unsuccessfuly late Saturday to seize two tanks from a U.N.-guarded arms depot in the suburb of Bare, a U.N. military spokesman here said.

83.  Russian military spokesmen later sought to persuade the press that the village had been occupied by rebels and devoid of civilians when it was clobbered.

84.  Russian military spokesmen said troops have taken the Khankala military airfield, only four miles southwest of the city center and the nearby suburb of Oktyabrskoye.

85.  Russian military spokesmen say that the bodies were of victims of the Chechen separatists, or of Chechen rebels who died fighting Russian troops.

86.  Separately, though, the chief military spokesman was more reassuring.

87.  Some think it is no coincidence that an Italian officer, Gen. Giuseppe Marani, has emerged as the chief NATO military spokesman at daily briefings in Brussels.

88.  Still, American officials appear to be more worried than the military spokesmen let on.

89.  The American lawyers were not available, and American military spokesmen at Aviano said they could not comment because the reports relate to a continuing investigation.

90.  The cause of the crash was unknown, though a Philippine military spokesman ruled out hostile fire.