 Other problems occurred as Yeltsin sent in freshly trained conscripts from neighboring regions rather than regular soldiers.Highly mobile units of Chechen fighters inflicted severe losses on the ill-prepared and demoralized Russian troops.Although the Russian military command ordered to only attack designated targets, due to the lack of training and experience of Russian forces, they attacked random positions instead, turning into carpet bombing and indiscriminate barrages of rocket artillery, and causing enormous casualties among the Chechen and Russian civilian population.