| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Georgian Forces Break through Tskhinvali Defense |
| 2008-08-10 |
| Georgia is continuing its desperate attempts to take possession of Tskhinvali. The Georgian military continues intentionally to target the civilian population in its path, leading to the accusation, voiced several times, that Tbilisi's main goal is the genocide of the Ossetian people. The South Ossetian State Committee for the Press and Mass Information reports that Georgian formations broke through the defenses of the Tskhinvali from the south after having been driven out by Russian forces. Fighting has been resumed in the city with renewed strength. Georgian forces are using all forms of weapons at their disposal in residential neighborhoods of the South Ossetian capital. Those include artillery, Grad missiles, grenade launchers, personnel carriers and tanks. South Ossetian forces are being overwhelmed. Russian subdivisions have already been dispatched to aid them. Georgian tank subdivisions are also attempting to take control of the Zari road, which connects Tskhinvali to North Ossetia. "Georgian tanks... are pressing toward the strategically important Zari road from the village of Khetagurovo," the South Ossetian State Committee for the Press reports, but Interfax states that the Georgian forces have not taken the road. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I know you said you were going to do this Russia, but it may be going too far. I love Georgia. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-08-10 08:06 |