Subject: POSTFACTUM NEWS 04.10.93
From: Relis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 93 16:09:22 +0200
Newsgroups: relcom.politics

POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  15.05 					  
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     EXPRESS ISSUE
     1:05  p.m.  According  to  the  PostFactum news agency radio
interception service, snipers are now being revealed. The snipers
on  the  roof  of  No.12 at ulitsa Chaikovskogo do not let pass a
government troops column approaching the White House.
     Another  unit is blocked by a sniper in Mantulinskaya ulitsa
not far from the Center for International Trade.
     1:10  p.m.   An  order is issued to block Sadovoye koltso in
the  region  of Novy arbat, for which the troops will use several
buses.     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  15.15 					  
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     1  p.m.  The  four  armored  troops  carriers  of  the Taman
division headquarters change their position.
     1:05  p.m.   A company with Moscow special task police force
insignia is positioned on the drives to the White House.
     1:10  p.m.   Four  tanks  on  the bridge near to the Ukraina
hotel are ready to open fire.
     The  Taman  division guards clear the Borodino bridge of the
civilians.
     The spokesmen for the Taman division decline to comment.     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  15.25 					  
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     EXPRESS ISSUE
     1:40  p.m.  According  to  the  PostFactum news agency radio
interception  service,  the  government  troops on the way of the
rebels  trying  to break through from the Mayor's office building
to  the  White House are shot upon from the roofs of the adjacent
buildings.  A  crowd  of about one thousand people is moving from
Smolenskaya  ploshchad to the  White House. Reserve reinforcement
of  one  thousand  men  (  probably,  internal  ministry  troops)
advances from the Ukraina hotel. 
     Shooting   can   be  heard  in  immediate  vicinity  to  the
PostFactum  news  agency  in  the  are  of  the  crossing between
Shmitovsky  proezd and ulitsa 1905 goda. Apparently, attempts are
made to destroy the snipers on the roofs of the nearby buildings.
     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  15.30 					  
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     1:50  p.m.  The  government  troops  in ulitsa 1905 goda are
positioned  in  the  public  garden on the slope of the hill, and
defend  the  drives to the ulitsa 1905 goda metro  station on the
side of the Center for International Trade.      POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  15.33 					  
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     2:01 p.m. People with their hands up start leaving the White
House.      POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  15.45 					  
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     SINCE    11:00    A.M.,    constitutional   court   SECURITY
STRENGTHENED
     The  security  service  personnel  at  the  entrance  to the
constitutional  court  have  put  on armored waistcoats. Only one
entrance is open. The entry into the building is restricted. Even
correspondents  are  not  allowed.  The garage in Begovaya ulitsa
servicing  the constitutional court cars refuses its staff to use
them.
     Rumors  circulate in the building that an order will soon be
issued to leave the premises.     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  16.00 					  
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     2  p.m.  A  column of armored troops carriers moving towards
the city center can be seen on Novoryazanskoye shosse.
     2:15  p.m.    According  to  PostFactum  news  agency  radio
interception  service,  shooting  is  going on at the crossing of
Mantulinskaya ulitsa and ulitsa 1905 goda. The  government troops
are forced to hide behind the buses.
     2:18  p.m.  People  start  to  assemble on the embankment in
front of the White House.  
     2:20 p.m. Shooting from the roofs upon the government troops
resumed in the region of the Krasnopresnenskaya metro station. 
     2:23  p.m.  An  armored troops carrier No.040 is captured by
the  White  House  defenders. The crew is said to be destroyed in
case of resistance. 
     2:30  p.m.  A  group  of  White House defenders succeeded to
break  through  the  ring  around the parliament. They are moving
towards  the  Ostankino TV center. The guerrillas have some means
of  transport  in  their  possession. The troops on the drives to
ulitsa Koroleva are ordered to maintain higher combat trim.