VOA News December 03, 2014 8:34 PM A loud explosion and sounds of heavy fighting have been reported in Chechnya’s capital of Grozny, according to sources on Twitter and some media outlets in the region. Multiple sources on Twitter are reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motorcade has been seen pulling into the Kremlin in the middle of the night, around the time the unrest unfolded in Grozny. Grozny has been the epicenter of two bloody wars between Russian forces and Chechen rebels in the past two decades. Some Russian media outlets are reporting that three policemen have been shot dead in fire fights with militants. According to some tweets, the militants number in the hundreds. Some purported eyewitnesses are tweeting about the presence of tanks and helicopters in and around the city. The explosion is said to have occurred in a major local publishing house. There is no independent confirmation of the developments, which come just hours before a widely anticipated speech by President Putin before the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament. The last time Putin spoke before the chamber’s lawmakers was following Russian’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. Below are some of the early tweets and images circulated in social media (Storify feed might not be visible for all users). Matthew Rae @Lieutenant_Rae 1m1 minute ago Oh my, Chechen insurgents might be kicking off again? #Grozny Euromaidan PR @EuromaidanPR 16m16 minutes ago BREAKING statement of #mudzhakhids, that entered the city of #Grozny & occupied the publishing house | EMPR @ZippyKC youtu.be/jkcQTOyTyQY
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 02:19:40 +0000
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