NEWS: South Ossetia Says Georgian Shells Hit Capital (rferl.org)

February 09, 2009

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has alleged that two unexploded Georgian shells landed in its capital Tskhinvali, but Tbilisi dismissed the claim as nonsense.

Both sides have regularly accused each other of firing across the de facto border since the Moscow-backed region decisively broke from Georgian control in a war last August, but accusations of shell fire is rare.

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