Mashtaev traveled the road from Grozny to Goyty in order to flee, asserting that at the time it was the only exit route from the capital. Now, however, he claimed, the Russian forces had taken up positions between Goyty and Urus-Martan, both located south of Grozny, blocking even this exit route. Nobody believes it. There aren't any humanitarian corridors, and in any case, nobody knows about it. There's no television or radio, and if there were batteries before, they've long been used up.
Nobody knows anything in the city.
Sometimes leaflets calling for the rebel fighters to give themselves up are dropped. The weather was good and clear, and one of the rockets fell on a house. There were screams there, but then I don't know what happened. They brought me out right away. Kartoev received a shrapnel wound in his right leg.