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Second Chechen War

UNOMIG helicopter was shot down in Georgia

Monday Oct 8, 2001
Georgia

On 8 October 2001, a UNOMIG (United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia) helicopter was shot down in Georgia in Kodori Valley gorge near Abkhazia, amid fighting between Chechens and Abkhazians, killing nine including five UN observers.


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