The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War" id="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a> begin a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994–95)" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Grozny (1994–95)">New Year's storming</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grozny" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Grozny">Grozny</a>.