Last night, the Georgian side shelled the village of Velit in Znaur district of South Ossetia, reported the Deputy Defense Minister Ibragim Gasseev. “At around 0100 hr a.m., a COBRA (Turkish-made) armored vehicle moved along the border with South Ossetia from the Georgian village of Dirbi with an attempted penetration into the territory of South Ossetia. It opened fire at the village of Velit,” reported the Deputy Defense Minister Ibragim Gasseev.
According to him, “the Ossetian side did not respond to the provocation. No casualties were reported. However, this kind of incidents had repeatedly happen and we shall take adequate measure”.
