On Saturday, I was ranting a little about the little publicized conflict brewing between Georgia and Russia (through Abkhazian separatist proxies). I also mentioned that there was footage available of a Russian Mig29 shooting down a Georgian recon UAV. There are further Abkhazi claims concerning the downing of six other UAVs, but these are denied by the Georgian government.

The video below includes this footage, as well as discussion and a presentation of the evidence of Russian involvement by a Georgian officer.

I think this conflict will prove quite interesting - it's the first time I can recall in a while that a major power other than the US has bullied another sovereign nation in such an obvious way. It seems that Georgia is actively seeking international attention for this conflict, presumably because they can't hope to win militarily against Russia, and therefore are hoping for a diplomatic victory. By testing the willingness of the UN, US and EU to confront Russia over this, this conflict has the potential to shed light on the current balance of international power.

I'm getting my news on this conflict through the trawlings of Chirol at Coming Anarchy. Has anyone seen much other news of this? A quick review of Google News reveals little..