MOSCOW - Clashes took place in Chechnya's Achkhoi-Martan district on Thursday afternoon, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Friday.
Servicemen from the Russian Interior Ministry’s Internal Troops found around ten militants during a search operation in a wooded mountainous area near the village of Yanda at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday, the source said.
"None of the personnel was injured during the clash. An aerial reconnaissance was conducted in the area and artillery was used," the source said.
The special operation continues, he added.
