21.   A Russian peacekeeper serving in the breakaway region of Abkhazia in western Georgia was shot and wounded Wednesday, the Interior Minister of the self-proclaimed republic said.

22.   A Russian peacekeeper was found dead early Thursday in Kosovo with a gunshot wound to the head, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

23.   A Russian peacekeeper was found dead early Thursday, shot in the back and the back of the head, a NATO spokesman said.

24.   A Russian peacekeeper was shot and killed by a sniper in the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, a news agency reported Wednesday.

25.   A Georgian guerrilla group active in separatist Abkhazia claimed responsibility Friday for the abduction of three Russian peacekeepers this week.

26.   A spokesman at the government press center said the mine was probably planted by Abkhazian separatists in the Ghali region of Abkhazia, where the Russian peacekeepers are stationed.

27.   A plane carrying an advance unit of paratroopers and technicians flew to Kosovo on Saturday to prepare for the deployment of the Russian peacekeepers.

28.   A plane carrying an advance unit of Russian paratroopers and technicians left Moscow for Kosovo Saturday to prepare for the deployment of of Russian peacekeepers in Yugoslavia.

29.   A Russian peacekeeper serving in the breakaway region of Abhazia in western Georgia was shot and wounded Wednesday, the Interior Minister of the self-proclaimed republic said.

30.   A Russian peacekeeper hit Wednesday suffered serious shrapnel wounds to the spine when a shell landed near his observation post on a front line.