Georgian officials said Russian and separatist forces attacked a Georgian police checkpoint Thursday near the breakaway province of Abkhazia.
Abkhaz separatists said they had simply responded to Georgian fire and no Russian troops were involved.
Neither side reported casualties.
Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said Abkhaz separatist fighters backed by two Russian armored personnel carriers fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons early Thursday at the checkpoint near the village of Ganmukhuri. He said the checkpoint was damaged.
Utiashvili said that Russian troops again fired at the checkpoint several …
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