MOSCOW – Three Russian servicemen were killed and two others were injuredwhen a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier overturned in a gorge in Abkhazia,the Southern Military District’s press service said in a statement Monday.
“On January 18, when a military convoy was moving from the Tsabal mountainrange to the permanent deployment point in Abkhazia, on a difficult sectionof the road, the BTR-80 overturned into a gorge. As a result of theaccident, three servicemen died,” the statement said.
The injured servicemen have been evacuated by choppers to thenearest military hospital.
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Their condition is currently unknown.
