<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Abkhazia_(1992–93)" id="mwAUY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War in Abkhazia (1992–93)">War in Abkhazia</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tkvarcheli" id="mwAUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Tkvarcheli">Siege of Tkvarcheli</a>: A helicopter carrying evacuees from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tkvarcheli" id="mwAUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tkvarcheli">Tkvarcheli</a> is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.