23 August 2002 TBILISI, 23 August (Civil Georgia)–Several Russian jets dropped bombs on Ilto and the Pankisi gorges early morning on 23 August. One person died and seven were wounded as a result. This is the first fatality during a string of Russian bombardments in Georgia.Since an armed clash between Russian soldiers and Chechen fighters at Itum-Kale in Chechnya on […]

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