TBILISI, August 1 – Two U.S. military personnel have suffered minor injuries during the military exercise Agile Spirit 2025 in Georgia. The accident took place during the multinational exercise, at Norio training grounds, when a vehicle overturned. The two were treated at a local hospital before being transferred to another medical facility. Their condition is … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–At the latest IPRM meeting, Georgian officials “strongly demanded the punishment of the representative(s) of the Russian occupation forces” responsible for the 2023 killing of Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi. According to Georgia’s State Security Service, Tbilisi also reiterated demands for “the release of all persons held in illegal detention” and condemned new “illegal borderization … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–As NATO’s military drills ‘Agile Spirit 2021’ got underway in Georgia this week, spokespersons for both Georgia and Russia made warning statements illustrating the risk of another round of conflict. Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov first said NATO’s Agile Spirit 2021 exercise with 2,500 military personnel from 12 alliance members and three partner countries right … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia has once again accused a medical research facility in the republic of Georgia of launching weaponized bugs into territory under its control. “This is a matter of national security,” said deputy chief of Russia’s Security Council, Rashid Nurgaliev, during a public appearance in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, a disputed territory currently under Russia’s control … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of Russian troops in breakaway Abkhazia has increased by 30 percent in the last year, Apsnipress reported on Wednesday. The Sokhumi based news agency cited information provided by the Southern Military District of Russia’s armed forces. This is one of five military districts in Russia, and apart from the North Caucasus, it … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian soldier has died in Afghanistan while out on patrol near Bagram Airbase, 60km north of Kabul.
Lance sergeant Mdinari Bebiashvili (25) was killed as two suicide bombers attacked his convoy Thursday evening.
The platoon that was hit consisted
TBILISI, DFWatch–US Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Tbilisi on Monday amid a US-led military exercise, which for a moment brought a US military convoy within close proximity of Russian troops stationed in the breakaway region South Ossetia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is getting rid of its Soviet era Su-25 attack aircraft, and will instead rely on military helicopters and drones, the country’s defense minister said.
Su-25 is a severely outdated aircraft which requires spare parts that are produced in Russia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia’s de facto authorities have declared the election for a new leader of the separatist region valid.
According to latest news, assembly speaker Anatoly Bibilov is in the lead. He has already declared victory, but it is still not known whether he will get more than 50 percent,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has carried out its biggest layoff ever, as more than two thousands employees were dismissed on Monday.
Both military and civilian personnel were affected by the mass layoff.
The ministry explained the firings