An hour later, Russian forces found them by the side of the road.
"It sort of went right to what the Russian force is going to look like."
Soon the Russian forces were on the southern bank of the river as well.
Such a system would be of little use against the Russian nuclear force.
Russian forces were just 500 yards away, across the field and behind a line of trees, they said.
All Russian military forces were removed from 1992 to 1994.
There was also reported use of human shields by the Russian forces.
The Russian forces had some 59000 men under arms and 178 cannon.
Just last month it was the Russian forces that seemed to have the initiative.
But most of the weapons have been captured from the Russian forces.