TBILISI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Georgia's Interior Ministry said on Monday two police officers were killed when a Russian unmanned reconaissance drone exploded after coming down near a Georgian village.

Spokespeople for Russia's defence ministry could not immediately be reached for comment, but a senior Russian military source said he knew nothing of the incident.

"Today at approximately 15:00 (1100 GMT) Georgia's sovereign airspace was violated by a Russian unpiloted reconaissance drone which fell on the territory of the village of Plavi, in the Shida Kartli region," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

"Two police officers of the Georgian Interior Ministry ... died as a result of the explosion of the unmanned aerial vehicle which occurred shortly after the police unit arrived," it said. (Reporting by Niko Mchedlishvili in Tbilisi and Dmitry Solovyov in Moscow; Writing by Christian Lowe)

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