*** This most recent newsbrief prepared 0700 Moscow Time 5th October 1993. All times local to Moscow. POLITICS - 6am - leaders of democratic parties in russia accused Eltsin in the lack of decisiveness RUSSIA - Elsewhere in the country, all else is calm and awaits the resolution of events in the capital, say Finnish media. MILITARY - 6am - 1500 paratroopers have landed in Moscow to recover the peace. MILITARY - 6am - two divisions of 5000 soldiers each are moving into the city. PRISONERS - According to Russia TV, prisoners, recently released from the White House, claim to have been tortured over the night. This has not yet come out on CNN. RTV - Emergency medical institute (Skliffasovsky) calls for help with medicines and blood. COURT - Constitutional Court originally declared by a 5 to 2 vote Yeltsin's actions unconstitutional. The issue will come under reconsideration at 10am moscow time. WHITE HOUSE - 1830 - about an hour and a half ago, a procession of people, some uniformed, some with hands on their heads, started streamed out of the building, as pro-yeltsin troops looked on. they boarded buses and were whisked away. WHITE HOUSE - There may be tunnels and underground routes out of the WH. There are about 200-300 armed rebels, and fighting is still going on as of 0300 Moscow time. CASUALTIES - The death toll is rumoured to be around 500, but this is unconfirmed and may be no more than an exaggeration. Two reporters have been killed, one US marine injured. 5 americans are wounded and one killed. The Marine hit in the neck by a bullet has been treated and is not to be worried about. HARD-LINERS - captured and arrested by forces loyal to Yeltsin, they are being detained. Rutzkoi, Hasbulatov, Makashov, Achalov, Dunaev, Barannikov are arrested. CNN - from us state dept the us embassy is in contact with yeltsin officials...the govt says they have control of the wh again. Embassy reports continuing sniper fire in their area. Embassy confirms that hardliners are in custody. CLINTON - Has no plans to call Yeltsin. Is confident of the outcome of events. Yeltsin DID warn Washington ahead of time, of the assault. YELTSIN - has gone to his country home via helicopter to get some sleep. RTV - shown the arrest of Hasbulatov, Rutzkoi and Makashov and civil war. Guerrillas from different cities came to support Rutskoi. MOSCOW - There is a 2300 curfew tonight in Moscow, which will be supported by 5,000 militiamen. ambassador interview: apparently they were the 1st to announce rut+kas in custody, since the news came in on their open line to govt right b4 a press conf. 1 american killed at ostankino while rescuing a seriously injured reporter. POLL - In a Moscovites phone poll by Postfactum agency and VTsIOM in Moscow shows that 78 per cent of Moscovites support the decision to put military forces in Moscow. 71 percent now have confidence in Eltzin and goverment, 4 percent support Rutzkoi and Hasbulatov. 12 percents think that they were provoked by Eltzin. 68 percents believe that this assaults were previously planned by the opposition. Several communist and nazist papers ar temporaily closed by Moscow comendant. Also about two dozens of communist and nazis organizations are banned, their bank accounts are arrested. Accroding to latest news thereis ongoing gunfire around ITAR-TASS building. Echo of Moscow reported there several young people having iron bars as thier weapons -- must be Hasbulatov supporters. really that don't support anybody anymore -- they just want to fight -- street mob HOTSPOTS - Ongoing fire around White House (200-300 armed rebels), gunfire around ITAR-Tass building, opposition gunmen blocked in the area of Moscow Pravda publishing house. The only forces who really saved TV - Centre were special forces of Dzerzhinsky division. They were specially trained to fight against crowds in the streets. Additional military units will not enter Moscow -- no need to do it. Postfactum: firemen will not begin to work over the fire in White House tilldaylight. there is ongoing fight, there are armed people around and some rooms in the building are rumored to be mined. 0230 Ostankino TV-center is now guarded by 8 armored transpoters, by special forces of Moscow internal and by units of Dzerzhinsky division. Ostankino is working as usual. The deputy of internal troops commander is in building. There is shhoting between the mentioned forces and single rebels outside. There are 6 lines of cordones at Ostankino. All sources report attack of rebels upon ITAR -TASS. It was unsuccessful. Various sources gave various data on killed and prisoned bandits. Apparantly OMON (special forces) captain was shot dead during attack.