Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye Hostage Crisis - Casualties

Casualties

Raduyev's later indictment by the Russian prosecutor said 37 Russian troops and 41 civilians were killed during the raid. According to the separatist chief of staff Aslan Maskhadov 90 Chechen fighters died during the crisis, while Yeltsin said 153 were killed and 30 were captured. At least 65 people, including 24 civilians, were reported being killed in Kizlyar. Western analysts estimated losses in Pervomayskoye at 96 Chechen fighters and 26 hostages killed, with about 200 federal casualties. The full extent of civilian casualties remained unknown because the Russian army did not permit journalists access to the village during the attack and independent observers were admitted only after dead bodies of civilians were reportedly cleared from the streets by soldiers.