The Georgian State Security Service presented the drone to journalists. (Photo: Imedi)
Georgian vigilante group Power in Unity has claimed responsibility for bringing down an unarmed South Ossetian drone. South Ossetian authorities reacted angrily to the downing, accusing the Georgian police of shooting down the drone themselves. [Read more…]
South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov during a visit to Tsnelisi on 28 August. (Photo: Yuzhnaya Osetiya)
South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov has announced the construction of a checkpoint in the village of Tsnelisi (Uista) after unsuccessful negotiations with the Georgian government to remove their own checkpoint in the area. [Read more…]
The 95th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting ended prematurely. (Photo: EUMM)
A heated meeting between Georgian and South Ossetian officials has ended without results after Georgian police set up a new police checkpoint near the border. The meeting came at a time of increased tension following the erection by Russian troops of new fences along the disputed South Ossetian border. [Read more…]
The new fence near Gugutiantkari. (Photo: Embassy of Ukraine to Georgia / Facebook)
The property and land of two Georgian families have been cut off from Georgian government-controlled territory in the village of Gugutiantkari, near South Ossetia, after Russian border guards set up new fences on 7 August. [Read more…]
