<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechens" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chechens">Chechen</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatism" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Separatism">separatists</a> launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizlyar" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kizlyar">Kizlyar</a> in the neighboring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagestan" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, which turns into <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye_hostage_crisis" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis">a massive hostage crisis</a> involving thousands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civilian">civilians</a>.