The Russian military command says about 300 soldiers died during the fighting.

Earlier this month, the Russian high command had declared the war all but won, and had even begun to talk about bringing troops home.

These concerns were considered inessential by the Russian command.

Initially, the Russian high command was not up to the challenge of the war.

Trying to blast the whole Russian command structure-nobody's that crazy.

The Russian high command was split over how to capitalize on these recent successes.

The Russian command here was bracing for more attacks in the coming days.

"The bandits are providing stubborn resistance to our troops," the Russian command said in a statement today.

A flurry of Russian commands followed, yelling at each other.

The Russian command decided to give a decisive battle under the walls of Moscow.