Rebels say they shot down a Georgia drone

Reuters
Friday, May 9, 2008 0:00 am

MOSCOW –– Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia shot down another Georgian spy drone on

Thursday, its Defence Ministry said, although Tbilisi immediately denied the allegation from the Russian-backed rebels. Minutes before the announcement, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili had told visiting Russian reporters war between Georgia and Russia over the status of Abkhazia had been only narrowly averted days earlier but remained a real threat.

According to the Abkhazian authorities this was the third Georgian drone it had shot down in the last five days. “Today at 1705 (1305 GMT) the Georgians grossly violated Abkhazian airspace with a pilotless drone over the Ochamchirsky region,” Gary Kupalba, the Abkhazian deputy defence minister told Reuters by telephone.

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Rebels say they shot down a Georgia drone

ReutersFriday, May 9, 2008 0:00 am

Reuters
Friday, May 9, 2008 0:00 am