Georgian Defense Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told reporters on May 5, that oil terminal in Batumi has been mined, posing “threat to the local population.”
President Saakashvili said on May 4 that the oil terminal was mined after the order of retired Russian Maj. Gen. Yuri Netkachev, who serves as a military advisor to Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze.