The 2007 Georgia helicopter incident refers to the accusation by Georgia that three Russian helicopters fired on March 11, 2007 on the Kodori Gorge, located in the only part of Abkhazia, a break-away autonomous republic in north-western Georgia, that at the time was still under Georgia's control. The attack would have been pointed at the village of Chkhalta and damaged a school and the government headquarters of the Georgian-backed Abkhaz government-in-exile. Russia denied any attacks and said all its aircraft near the area were grounded over the weekend.
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