Russian occupation forces hold military training in Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia, Tskhinvali
The military training will last until the end of the week, reports RFE/RL. Photo: Giorgi Gogua/Radio Liberty.
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Russian occupation forces hold military training in Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia, Tskhinvali
Russian occupation forces are undergoing military training in Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), reports RFE/RL.
The military training will last until the end of the week.
The scenario used in the tactical exercises is that of ‘finding and destroying an elusive enemy’, reports the press office of Southern Russia’s Military District.
Over 2,000 soldiers and 300 units of military equipment are involved in the military training in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, while over 3,500 Russian soldiers and about 800 units of heavy military equipment are involved in the training in occupied Tskhinvali, including mortars and tanks.
Russian occupation forces are undergoing a military training in the village of Orchosani in Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), says the Georgian State Security Agency.
Georgia’s Minister of Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili says that occupied Tskhinvali’s hints about replacing the Georgian language with Russian at Akhalgori schools, is "another step within the policy of Russification”.
The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee has urged Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia's occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia, as the committee opened its meeting in Tbilisi earlier today.
Official Tbilisi is expressing "extreme concern” after Russian military held joint training exercises in Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has "categorically condemned" the shooting and arrest of a Georgian citizen near the administrative line dividing the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the Georgian-controlled territory on Saturday, demanding the injured person be returned by the de-facto authorities.
A Georgian citizen was shot and arrested near the administrative line dividing the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the Georgian-controlled territory on Saturday, with the de-facto authorities taking the man to detention in the occupied Akhalgori town.