Sukhumi: Reconnaissance aircraft shot down in Abkhazia belonged to Georgia
Officers of Abkhazian defense ministry showed to journalists wreckage of aircraft found in the Black sea, REGNUM correspondent has reported. It consisted of a plane wing and fuselage fragments. It has been established that the aircraft was Israeli-made and belonged to Georgian Air Force, Abkhazia's deputy minister of defense Garri Kupalba informed.
In his words, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft of Georgian Air Force started to fly over the territory of Abkhazia since last summer. He said that Abkhazian officials have repeatedly informed Collective Peace-Keeping Forces and UN Mission in Georgia about the flights. He reminded that in August 2007, an aircraft detected in the republic's airspace was shot down at Nagvalou, Abkhazia.
On March 18, Abkhazian Air Force shot down an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft “that had come from the territory of Georgia.” Secretary of Abkhazia's Security Council Stanislav Lakoba told journalists that “the flying object was noticed in Abkhazian airspace at midday.” The plane was shot down by an Abkhazian Air Force jet fighter near the Primorskoye village at the border of Ochamchir and Gal regions and fell in the sea.
23:53 03/18/2008
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