Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis

1995 attack by Chechen separatists in southern Russia

The Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis took place from 14 to 19 June 1995, when a group of Chechen separatists led by Shamil Basayev attacked the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, near the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, during the First Chechen War of 1994—1996. After brief fighting in the city, Basayev and his men took over a local hospital complex where they gathered over 2,000 mostly civilian hostages, demanding a ceasefire in Chechnya and Russia to resume talks with the Chechen leadership. Following Russian government's failed attempts to respond to the situation by force, Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin personally agreed to Basayev's demands, securing the release of the hostages.

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