De facto Security Committee accuses Georgian side of shooting down quadrocopter

Ekaterina Biazrova, Head of the Press Service of the “State Security Committee” of the Occupied “South Ossetia”, has reported that a quadrocopter of the South Ossetian side had been shot down by the Georgian side near the so-called border, - Sputnik reports.

“On the morning of September 1, an unmanned aerial vehicle owned by the South Ossetian law enforcement agency was conducting video surveillance near the state border. At about 10:00 am, fire was opened at the quadrocopter from Georgia's Kobi settlement without any warning. As a result, the quadrocopter crashed near the border between South Ossetia and Georgia," Biazrova said.

According to her, the Security Committee has already informed the EUMM about the incident.

"In addition, we consider it necessary to state that the above is a direct provocation," the de facto committee said.