Day: August 9, 2008

Tskhinvali has been fully liberated


Russia says Georgian forces expelled from S.Ossetian capital

from Russia News

Russia’s peacekeeping command said on Saturday the country’s troops have driven Georgian forces from the capital of the separatist republic of South Ossetia.

“Tskhinvali has been fully liberated,” a spokesman said.

The city has suffered major destruction since the start of Georgia’s ground and air onslaught that began early on Friday. Russia says 1,500 people have so far died in the violence, and 30,000 South Ossetians have fled across the border into Russia.

Russian military has freed Tskhinvali


Russian Military Has Freed Tskhinvali

from Kommersant
The Russian military has freed Tskhinvali and has “begun pressing the Georgian units out of the peacekeeping force’s zone of responsibility,” main commander of the Russian infantry Gen. Vladimir Boldyrev stated on the Vesti television news channel. “But the situation in the conflict zone remains extremely difficult,” he added.

Victims of the military action in South Ossetia reached 1500


General Staff and Foreign Ministry Release Info about Wounded

from Kommersant
The total number of victims of the military action in South Ossetia reached 1500 people and continues to grow, Associated Press reports. That was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a telephone press conference with foreign journalists. According to information from Interfax, Anatoly Nagovitsyn, deputy chief of the general staff, reported 20 deaths among Russian peacekeepers and 50 Russian military wounded.