[1] 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.

[1][2] According to estimates of the investigation group, 250-400 fighters entered Grozny on August 21, established their own roadblocks, and simultaneously attacked a number of polling places and other targets.

According to law enforcement sources, this attack killed 58 members of the police and pro-Moscow militia and five federal soldiers.

[3] The Grozny raid was also part of the series of attacks that also included targets in Russia.

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