U.S. Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia …

U.N. Says Russia Downed Drone, Washington Post
May 27, 2008 , Pg. 8, …Peter Finn

U.N. investigators concluded in a report released Monday that a Russian fighter jet almost certainly shot down a Georgian reconnaissance drone over the separatist region of Abkhazia last month. The finding supports Georgian assertions that Russia is providing military backing to rebels in the Black Sea enclave.

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