[ Reuters: Top News] Georgia, Russia trade drone claims; monitors arrive
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:30 pm
By Margarita Antidze and Matt Robinson
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said on Tuesday it had shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone near breakaway South Ossetia, but Russia denied the claim and accused Tbilisi of "provocation" ahead of the arrival of EU ceasefire monitors.
If confirmed, the downing of the drone over Georgian territory would be the first such incident since last month when Russian forces repelled a Georgian offensive to retake the South Ossetia region from pro-Moscow separ
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TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said on Tuesday it had shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone near breakaway South Ossetia, but Russia denied the claim and accused Tbilisi of "provocation" ahead of the arrival of EU ceasefire monitors.
If confirmed, the downing of the drone over Georgian territory would be the first such incident since last month when Russian forces repelled a Georgian offensive to retake the South Ossetia region from pro-Moscow separ
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