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Events on Wednesday 14 June 1995 1
1995Budennovsk hostage crisisChechen fighters seize a Russian hospitalChechen separatist fighters led by Shamil Basayev seized a hospital in the Russian town of Budennovsk, taking over a thousand hostages during the First Chechen War. A botched Russian assault killed many hostages before a negotiated end to the siege. The crisis embarrassed the Russian government and briefly halted its military offensive in Chechnya.