Editing Second Chechen War (section)

===Dagestan===
{{Main|War of Dagestan}}

On 7 August 1999, [[Shamil Basayev]] together with [[Ibn al-Khattab]], led two groups of up to 2,000 Chechen, Dagestani, Arab [[mujahideen]] from Chechnya into the neighboring Republic of Dagestan. This war saw the first (unconfirmed) use by Russia of aerial-delivered [[fuel air explosive]]s (FAE) in mountainous areas, notably in the village of [[Tando]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2000/02/17/dont-use-fuel-air-weapons-chechnya |title=Don't Use Fuel-air Weapons in Chechnya &#124; Human Rights Watch |publisher=Hrw.org |date=18 February 2000 |access-date=1 October 2013 |archive-date=2 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402001721/https://www.hrw.org/news/2000/02/17/dont-use-fuel-air-weapons-chechnya |url-status=live }}</ref> By mid-September 1999, the militants were routed from the villages they had captured and retreated back into Chechnya. According to Russia several hundred militants were killed in the fighting and the Russian side reported 275 servicemen killed and approximately 900 wounded.<ref name="mdb_chechnya">{{Cite journal|last=Pashin |first=Alexander |title=Russian Army Operations and Weaponry During Second Military Campaign in Chechnya |journal=[[Moscow Defense Brief]] |publisher=[[Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies]] |issue=3/2002 |url=http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/ac/raowdsmcc/ |access-date=29 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501050127/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/ac/raowdsmcc/ |archive-date=1 May 2014 }}</ref>