The tragedy of December 14 1992
14 December 2024

On this day in the territory controlled by the troops of the State Council of Georgia, 85 people died on board a Russian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter shot down by a MANPADS, which was carrying out a humanitarian flight from blockaded Tkuarchal to Gudauta, agreed upon with the warring parties. Among the dead were 35 children and 8 pregnant women fleeing hunger and war.
In the modern conditions of the policy of double standards and degradation of international law when including countries declaring their exceptional attitude to humanitarian issues, do not condemn, and sometimes even approve of the bombing of civilians, the taking of civilian hostages, the tragedy that unfolded on December 14, 1992 in Abkhazia serves as a reminder of the inadmissibility of the deliberate use of weapons against civilians.
War is an absolute evil, accompanied by all those aspects that we call - the horrors of war.
However, even war must be waged according to the rules of the relevant conventions. Unfortunately, especially against the background of events happening in the world, in the 21st century the list of war crimes continues to grow.
The pain of the tragic loss of loved ones does not go away with time.
All of Abkhazia mourns with the families and relatives of those killed in the fire of the helicopter shot down on December 14, 1992.



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