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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=2004 raid on Grozny
|image=
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|partof=[[Second Chechen War]]
|place=[[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]]
|date=August 21–22, 2004
|result= {{ublist|Russian victory}}
* Chechen militants pushed back into the forests
|combatant1={{flag|Russia}}
*{{flag|Chechnya}}
|combatant2=[[Image:Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg|22px]] [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|Chechen separatists]]
|commander1=[[Image:Flag of Chechen Republic since 2004.svg|22px]] [[Movladi Baisarov]] and others
|commander2=[[Image:Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg|22px]] [[Doku Umarov]] and others
|strength1=Several thousand
|strength2=250–400
|casualties1=At least 32 policemen and militiamen and 5 soldiers killed
|casualties2=At least 20 fighters killed
|casualties3=At least 13 civilians killed
|campaign=
}}
{{Campaignbox Second Chechen War (guerilla phase)}}

'''2004 raid on Grozny''' was a series of overnight attacks in central [[Grozny]], capital of [[Chechnya]]. It was carried out by Chechen insurgents.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pedraja|first=René De La|title=The Russian Military Resurgence: Post-Soviet Decline and Rebuilding, 1992-2018|publisher=McFarland|year=2018|isbn=978-1-4766-6991-5|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=164}}</ref>

The assassination of the Chechnyan president [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] on May 9, 2004, is seen as the beginning of the offensive and was followed by a major attack carried out a month after rebels captured arms depot in the capital of the [[Ingushetia]] region, leaving with 200,000 weapons and a trove of ammunition.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Van Brunschot|first=Erin Gibbs|title=Risk Balance and Security|last2=Kennedy|first2=Leslie W.|publisher=SAGE|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4522-3833-3|location=Thousand Oaks, CA|pages=119}}</ref> According to estimates of the investigation group, 250-400 fighters entered Grozny on August 21, established their own [[roadblock]]s, and simultaneously attacked a number of [[polling place]]s and other targets. According to [[Police|law enforcement]] sources, this attack killed 58 members of the police and [[Kadyrovtsy|pro-Moscow militia]] and five federal soldiers. More than a dozen civilians were also killed.<ref>[http://www.memo.ru/eng/memhrc/texts/4groz-at.shtml Armed Raid on Grozny, August 21, 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417233522/http://www.memo.ru/eng/memhrc/texts/4groz-at.shtml |date=April 17, 2007 }} [[Memorial (society)|Memorial]]</ref>

The Grozny raid was also part of the series of attacks that also included targets in Russia. After the major offensive at Grozny, Chechen women suicide bombers successfully blew two passenger airliners, killing 90 passengers.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
*[[2004 Nazran raid]]
*[[2004 Avtury raid]]

==References==
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