TBILISI. Oct 17 (Interfax-AVN) - Since Monday, the Georgian Defense Ministry has been holding air force exercises involving four SU-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft in Western Georgia.
These exercises were scheduled in advance and have nothing do with current tensions in Abkhazia. The exercises are to last until October 25, the Defense Ministry said.
A Defense Ministry source told Interfax, however, that if the situation in Abkhazia deteriorates, or Abkhaz forces launch an attack on the Kodori gorge, "the attack aircraft will definitely be used when required."