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| Separatist forces in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia say they have shot down a Georgian spy drone, Russian news agencies report. | Separatist forces in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia say they have shot down a Georgian spy drone, Russian news agencies report. |
| It is not clear when the unmanned plane was attacked but the news comes two weeks after a similar incident. | It is not clear when the unmanned plane was attacked but the news comes two weeks after a similar incident. |
| A spokesman for Georgia's interior ministry "categorically" denied that any planes were lost on Sunday. | |
| Russia's support for Abkhazia and another region, South Ossetia, have stoked tensions with Georgia. | |
| Abkhaz officials told Russian agencies that the drone was shot down over Abkhazia's Ochamchira district. | |
| According to Itar-Tass, it was downed at 1252 GMT on Sunday. | |
| The Interfax agency reports that a second drone was downed later on Sunday and a search is under way for the debris. | |
| Georgian interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP news agency that no Georgian planes had been flying in the region | |
| "We categorically deny the loss of any Georgian planes," he said. |