That same morning Chechnya-based rebels launched a renewed incursion into the lowland Novolak region of Dagestan, coming within a mere five kilometers of the major city of Khasavyurt and threatening the republic's capital Makhachkala.
That same morning on September 5, Chechnya-based rebels launched a second incursion into the lowland Novolak region of Dagestan, this time with a larger force. The rebels came within a mere five kilometers of the major city of Khasavyurt and threatening the republic's capital Makhachkala.