Away last night Russian troops marched into the Georgian city of Senaki Killometer 40 of the Abkhaz border. In the words of Russian Millitärs they led by preventative measures, “Russian Friendenskräfte perform actions whose aim is the shelling Zchinvalis and the redeployment of Georgian troops, the Tskhinvali could attack again, no longer admit.” – That the Russian military leadership . During the evening the Russian troops pulled back from Senaki.
A Russian fighter jet bombed this morning again, the Georgian town of Gori, not far from the border with South Ossetia. There are still fighting between Georgian and Russian troops south of Tskhinvali, Georgians, however, be drawn back from this region to organize the defense of Tbilisi, as they said.
To 8:18 Berlin time the Abkhazian troops started crowding the operation of Georgian troops from Abkhazia to the geographically belonging Kodory rocky gorge, “was freed by the separatists” by the Georgian troops in 2006 . This operation was preceded by an ultimatum by the Abkhaz leadership to the Georgian military leadership, the canyon by a specially built by the Abkhaz troops “humanitarian corridor” to leave. Georgian side rejected this but from yesterday and told their troops were not surrounded, even more they have been successfully repulsed all attacks.
Told how the Russian military leadership to engage Russian peacekeeping forces are not in the operation. As a reminder, this operation was preceded by massive artillery shelling and bombing by the Abkhaz and Russian peacekeepers. Abkhaz 250 paratroopers landed in the vicinity of the village Tschchalta and dogged fighting with Georgian troops.
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Abkhazia declared itself prepared immediately after the outbreak of fighting in South Ossetia, open the “second front”. The President of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh declared that the operation in Kodory Felsschluchtin few days will be completed. And after only 2 ½ hours already consecrated in the Abkhazian flag Kodory administrative center of the canyon in Azhara.
Azhara The village was the administrative center of the “Georgian government in exile” – a progeorgischen structure, which challenged the legitimacy of the leadership in Sukhumi. The whereabouts of the members of this government at this time is not known whether they died in the fighting, have been captured, or were able to sell to Tbilisi can be difficult to assess at present.
Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze said in a television interview that he was disappointed by the inaction of the Western partners of Georgia, in his words, “the Russian aggression against Georgia” could not stop – the reported Interfax news agency . He also called for the Sicherheutsrat the UN “to take effective action against aggression, against those who have been taken by the international community to now”. According to him, “marched the Russian occupation forces,” one already in the western regions of Georgia.
The permanent representative of Russia in the UN Witaliy Churkin told journalists that Russia would not accept the French resolution on the conflict in South Ossetia, because it needs a serious repair. He stressed that the resolution so far not a single word about the Georgian aggression and crime is.
The U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama, meanwhile condemned the “Russian aggression”. He said in an interview to CNN :
“No matter how this conflict started, Russia has escalated it well beyond the dispute over South Ossetia and invaded another country”
Senator John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate said earlier on 08 August in an interview to CNN :
“Russia should immediately and unconditionally cease its military operations and withdraw all forces from sovereign Georgian territory …”
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