Shatoy ambush

The Shatoy ambush (known in Russia as the Battle of Yarysh-mardy) was a significant event during the First Chechen War. It occurred near the town of Shatoy, located in the southern mountains of Chechnya. Chechen insurgents under the leadership of their Arab-born commander, Ibn al-Khattab, would launch an attack on a large Russian Armed Forces army convoy resulting in a three hour long battle.

The Chechen rebels would succeed in totally destroying all vehicles within the convoy and inflicting severe losses on Russian troops. The battle signified a major shift in Chechen defensive tactics and marked one of the most debilitating defeats suffered by the Russian military during the war.