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Russian jets 'intercepted by US' ... in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia say they have shot down a Georgian spy drone, Russian news agencies report.

It is not clear when the unmanned plane was attacked but the news comes two weeks after a similar incident.

A spokesman for Georgia's interior ministry "categorically" denied that any planes were lost on Sunday.

Russia's support for Abkhazia and another region, South Ossetia, have stoked tensions with Georgia.

Abkhaz officials told Russian agencies that the drone was shot down over Abkhazia's Ochamchira district.

According to Itar-Tass, it was downed at 1252 GMT on Sunday.

The Interfax agency reports that a second drone was downed later on Sunday and a search is under way for the debris.

Georgian interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP news agency that no Georgian planes had been flying in the region

"We categorically deny the loss of any Georgian planes," he said.

(BBC)

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