RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: YELTSIN DEMANDS EXPLANATION ON BOMBINGS

(6 Jan 1995) Natural/Sound

As Russian warplanes pounded the Chechen capital again Friday, President Boris Yeltsin
demanded that his top ministers explain why the bombings were continuing after he pledged they would be called off.

His remarks opening a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin came amid increasing questions about who is in charge of the troubled Chechnya offensive.

Heavy air attacks occurred in Grozny on Friday.

There was heavy shelling around Grozny on Friday despite President Yeltsin's pledges that attacks would be called off because of heavy civilian casualties.

The area around the presidential palace was almost inaccessible as the bridge leading to it was being targetted by the Russians.

There also was evidence of plans for even harsher attacks.

A division of Russian paratroopers was moving into place near Grozny on Friday from northwest of the capital,

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