Russia ’shot down its own planes’:
A report in a Russian military journal claims that half the planes Russia lost in its war with Georgia last year were shot down by friendly fire.The article, in the Moscow Defence Brief magazine, also claims that Russia lost a total of six military aircraft, two more than it is admitting to.
The report is highly critical of Russian forces during the brief war.
…It says there was a total absence of co-operation between the Russian army and the Russian air force, which led them to conduct completely separate campaigns.
Russian forces easily overwhelmed Georgian troops during the brief war.
