22:28, 30 March 2007

Felgengauer: Kodor could be swept by Russian helicopters only

At night of March 12, several villages of Kodor Gorge were bombarded by Russian helicopters, Paul Felgengauer, an independent military observer, asserts. The expert thinks that Abkhazia and Georgia have actually no aircrafts capable to fly in darkness.

"From the technological viewpoint, there are very few variants of who could have swept Kodor. Since the bombardment was undertaken during the night hours, only Russian helicopters could be involved. Nobody else in the region possesses the helicopters capable to operate in darkness," the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" has told in his interview to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."

Meanwhile, although a little more than a fortnight has passed after the shelling of several villages of Kodor Gorge, the belonging of the helicopters to any particular country has not been defined so far.

We note here that both Russia and Sukhumi have categorically denied their involvement in the incident.

Author: Alexandra Kondrasheva, CK correspondent