Georgian spy plane shot down

April 22, 2008 

Officials in Georgia have alleged that a Russian fighter jet shot down a Georgian spy plane on Sunday. Colonel David Nairashvili of Georgia's air force told Associated Press that the spy plane recorded video of a Russian fighter before it was downed. 
According to the foreign ministry of Russia, Abkhaz rebels shot down the Georgian spy plane with anti-aircraft weapons. The statement said that President Vladimir Putin expressed "bewilderment" that Georgian sent a spy plane into that area, which it said was in violation of a 1994 cease-fire agreement. 
Georgia countered that the video, which they have released, shows a MiG-29, which is not in the arsenal of the Abkhaz separatists. They say that it must, then, be Russian and violating Georgian airspace. Abkhazia is still part of Georgia.
Georgian spy plane shot down April 22 , 2008 Officials in Georgia have alleged that a Russian fighter jet shot down a Georgian spy plane on Sunday . Colonel David Nairashvili of Georgia 's air force told Associated Press that the spy plane recorded video of a Russian fighter before it was downed . According to the foreign ministry of Russia , Abkhaz rebels shot down the Georgian spy plane with anti - aircraft weapons . The statement said that President Vladimir Putin expressed " bewilderment " that Georgian sent a spy plane into that area , which it said was in violation of a 1994 cease - fire agreement . Georgia countered that the video , which they have released , shows a MiG-29 , which is not in the arsenal of the Abkhaz separatists . They say that it must , then , be Russian and violating Georgian airspace . Abkhazia is still part of Georgia .
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