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| Ruskis Claim to Sink Georgian Ship |
| 2008-08-10 |
| TBILISI, Georgia - Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry is claiming to have sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack Russian navy ships in the Black Sea. ADVERTISEMENT Russia's Defense Ministry refused to comment on the Sunday reports to The Associated Press and Georgian officials could not immediately be reached. If confirmed, the incident could mark a serious escalation of the fighting between Russia and Georgia over the separatist Georgian province of South Ossetia. "Georgian missile patrol boats today made two attempts to attack Russian military ships. The Russian ships opened fire in response and as a result, one of the Georgian ships carrying out the attack was sunk," the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #2 More info on the Black Sea Fleet Deployment and Russian Marine Landings here Information Dissemination Update on Russian Naval Activity http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2008/08/update-on-russian-naval-activity.html Russia Lands Troops By Sea http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2008/08/russia-lands-troops-by-sea.html |
| Posted by: linker 2008-08-10 19:36 |
| #1 Firing at Russian ships that are ILlEGALLY blockading humanitarian aid (food) from making port in Georgia. And act fo war on the part of the Russians. Just a little detail they left out. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-10 17:20 |