Georgia is alleging that three Russian helicopters attacked buildings in the Kodori Gorge region of Georgia. The Kodori Gorge is the part of separatist Abkhazia under Georgian control:
“Three helicopters, preliminarily identified as Mi-24 attack gunships, flew [into the Kodori Gorge] from Russian territory or, to be precise, from the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria,” Rurua said. “They made a circle above the villages of Upper Abkhazia, and as they were making a second circle they dropped about 20 unguided rockets, or so-called NURS [Russian-made unguided] rockets.”
Nathan at Registan has more analysis:
Regardless of whether or not Russia is to blame for the incident, this situation underlines just how inappropriate it is for Russia to be involved in peacekeeping operations for the conflicts between Georgia and its separatist regions.
He goes on to note that Georgia is no angel either, and doesn’t hesitate to use the presence of Russian peacekeepers as an excuse to ratchet up tensions when it suits.
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