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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Russia denies deployment of S-300 missiles in South Ossetia


There is no truth to the Georgian Foreign Minister's statement that Russia has deployed S-300 air defense systems in South Ossetia, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

"There are no Russian S-300 systems on the territory of South Ossetia. There is no need for it," the source said.

"The protection of the Russian military base as well as South Ossetia is carried out by Buk air defense systems," the source said, adding that the former Georgian republic's landscape would restrict the deployment of S-300 systems.

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