November 1994 Battle of Grozny was a November 26, 1994, failed attempt by the Chechen opposition forces to seize the city of Grozny, the Chechen capital, and overthrow the separatist government of Dzhokhar Dudayev.The attack was staged by the forces of the Russian-sponsored Chechen armed opposition with the active support of federal armour and aircraft. What was supposed to be the clandestine operation of regime change ended in a spectacular fiasco, prompting Moscow government to carry out a large-scale military invasion of the republic the next month.