Russia has increased the number of its peacekeepers in Abkhazia to 2,542 peacekeepers, which is 458 short of the 3,000 limit set by agreement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on May 8.
It said before the recent deployment, there had been 1,997 Russian servicemen in the conflict zone.
Until now the Russians had been refusing to release details of last week's troop increases.
