Russian soldiers man a snow-covered trench during a training alert near Sleptsovskoye, 50 kilometers (38 miles), west of Grozny on Dec. 27, 1994, near road sign pointing the way to the town of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. Russian President Boris Yeltsin Tuesday ordered an end to the air strikes against Grozny, but said that the rebel republic had no right to secede from Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Karp)