Georgian Defense Ministry reports local Georgian armed population together with the Georgian border guards blocked 80 Russian soldiers in Kodori gorge.
Units of Russian peacekeeping troops were dispatched to Kodori, the only territory in breakaway Abkhazia controlled by the Georgia government.
Chief of General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces Joni Pirtskhalaishvili is in Gali district of Abkhazia at the moment, Georgian Defense Ministry reports.
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