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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
UN concludes Russia shot down Georgian spy plane
The UN concluded in a report Monday that a Russian fighter jet shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane last month, boosting Tbilisi's claims of Russian military interference on its territory.
The report, posted on the UN website, said evidence gathered by UN monitors "leads to the conclusion that the aircraft belonged to the Russian air force" and that the downing was "fundamentally inconsistent" with ceasefire accords.
Russia's defence ministry rejected the findings, with spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky telling AFP: "We deny this report. Our planes did not violate anyone's airspace and therefore could not have fired a shot."
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