(18 Jun 1995) T/I: 10:59:23
Russia's military commander in Chechnya on Sunday (18/6) ordered
his troops to stop all military operations in the separatist
region from 8 p.m. (1600 GMT), Itar-Tass news agency said. Meanwhile, Chechen militant leader, Shamil Basayev, reportedly wants to take more than 100 captives with him to Chechnya as a safety guarantee. Human rights commissioner, Sergei Kovalyov, who has been negotiating with Chechen gunmen in Budennovsk says he can guarentee the safety of those who go with the gunmen into Chechnya on Tuesday. Many described conditions at the hospital in this southern Russian town as "grim".
SHOWS:
BUDENNOVSK, RUSSIA 18/6
Soldiers in street
Sound of gunfire
Soldiers running
People with bandaged heads
Wounded on stretchers being taken to hospital
GVs injured in hospital
Helicopter taking off
Inside the hospital where hostages are kept
GVs of hostages
Rebel soldiers watching television
Chechen rebel leader, Shamil Basayev, looking at mortar shell
People walking down corridor
Basayev and Sergei Kovalyev signing agreement about release of
hostages in return for ending the war in Chechnya
Russian soldiers sitting on wall
Kovalyov SOT: "We are leaving tomorrow on the plane with the
rebels to guarantee the safety of the hostages and the journalists
when they go with the rebels."
CU of soldier
Kovalyov SOT continues on the safety of hostages
Kovalyov leaves in blue van
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