2024 Karabulak clash

A cell of six militants, of whom half were wanted by Russian authorities for a previous attack in 2022,^[1] barricaded themselves in a third-floor apartment, engaging in a lengthy firefight with Russian special forces.^[4] Small-arms fire and explosives were exchanged between government and militant forces for hours continuously. A counter-terrorism operation regime was declared in Karabulak,^[5] and the surrounding streets were consequently blocked off, as residents of the apartment complex were evacuated to a nearby school.^[1]

By noon of 3 March, TASS reported that the firefight was effectively over and that the militants were all killed,^[4] though Russian independent sources claimed that government forces also sustained casualties, and a bystander was killed.^[1][2]

• 2014 Karlanyurt clash