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New York Times
May 13, 2008 By C. J. Chivers
The de facto government of Abkhazia, a separatist region receiving Russian support, claimed to have shot down two of Georgia’s remotely piloted aerial reconnaissance planes in a day. The Abkhaz military said it had brought down seven drones since April 20, when a Georgian drone made a video recording of its own destruction by what appeared to be a Russian fighter jet firing an air-to-air missile. Georgia has said the Abkhaz claims of an antiaircraft ability are deceptions intended to divert attention from Russia’s role in the April attack. “There is a spectacle every day,” said Shota Utiashvili, of the Georgian Interior Ministry. “They start shooting in the sky. Then they show pieces of aircraft and say they shot something down.”
May 13, 2008 By C. J. Chivers
The de facto government of Abkhazia, a separatist region receiving Russian support, claimed to have shot down two of Georgia’s remotely piloted aerial reconnaissance planes in a day. The Abkhaz military said it had brought down seven drones since April 20, when a Georgian drone made a video recording of its own destruction by what appeared to be a Russian fighter jet firing an air-to-air missile. Georgia has said the Abkhaz claims of an antiaircraft ability are deceptions intended to divert attention from Russia’s role in the April attack. “There is a spectacle every day,” said Shota Utiashvili, of the Georgian Interior Ministry. “They start shooting in the sky. Then they show pieces of aircraft and say they shot something down.”