<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Lapho ngo-September 1999, ibutho laseRussia lingena eChechnya ngemuva kokuhlasela kweChechen eDagestan kanye nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu efulethini laseRussia  <response>: USaid wakwazi ukubuyela eNyakatho Chechnya. Wabe esebekwa esikhundleni sokuba yiphini lenhloko yokuphatha yesifunda saseNadterechny. Ngo-December 1999 wajoyina ibutho laseRussia. Nabanye abavukeli bakhe abaphikisana noMaskhadov, wakha inkampani ekhethekile ye-42nd motorized rifle division yebutho laseRussia iyunithi yokuqala yaseChechen ohlangothini lwaseRussia eMpini Yesibili YaseChechen futhi bangena eGrozny. U-Kakiyev wathi ibutho lakhe laliwukuqala ukuphakamisa ifulege laseRussia eGrozny. Phakathi neMpi yaseKomsomolskoye, amabutho ayeholwa nguKakiyev akwazi ukuzungeza amabutho ayeholwa nguRuslan Gelayev. 