Russian Forces Seize Poti Again

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Russian forces again seized the Georgian coast guard base in Poti this morning, the Georgian Border Police, said on August 15.

It said 23 Ural trucks of the Russian forces and two armored vehicles were deployed on the base territory. Two Russian army helicopters have also landed there, the Georgia Border Police, said.

The Russian forces entered in and then pulled back from Poti for several times in last several days.

On August 13 the Russian forces quit the area after sinking Georgia’s four coast guard vessels in Poti. The coast guard’s base administrative building in Poti was also raided and equipment destroyed there, the Border Police said.