Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

BBC Breaking news:itar-tass: Georgian SU-25 Jet shot down in S.O.
Will post more when it comes in.

[edit on 11-8-2008 by freemindmine]

reply to post by Muppetus Galacticus


I think that was a journalist from "The Independent", that was the news piece I had posted before, they will probably repeat it when they start another news block in 20 minutes from the time of this post.

reply to post by TheRepublic


from your link you forgot to add:


Georgian officials said

Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by Muppetus Galacticus

 

I think that was a journalist from "The Independent", that was the news piece I had posted before, they will probably repeat it when they start another news block in 20 minutes from the time of this post.

Ahh I'm sorry then, I thought it was a live interview

Originally posted by stumason
Just to add some credibility to the report, the BBC has been reporting for some time that Georgian Soldiers have been "ethnically cleansing" South Ossetia since their invasion. They also have men on the ground, the BBC.

Here is a link to a BBC page on the conflict and to the side are seperate links to different stories, pictures and videos.

It's no coincidence that the refugees all seem to be fleeing into Russia, not Georgia. That's a telling sign.

reply to post by Harlequin


sorry i just got it from the nytimes. its a western paper so i guess i should have considered it would be pro georgian. it does seem though that they might be going after the georgian president ...and i dont blame them, but that could get the US involved. we wouldnt stand for having one of our puppets dethroned.

An Australian journalist from the ABC just visited Gori and verified the city looks calm and there is minimal damage. He said while he was there he heard explosions in the distance, probably from Russian air raids.

Source

His part starts about 3 minutes from the end - there's some interesting interviews in the audio.

reply to post by Snappahead


There was a live Sky News report earlier on, showing extensive damage to parts of the city. Presumably it's OK in some places and worse in others.



[edit on 11-8-2008 by chips]

Evacuees from South Ossetia accuse Georgians of genocide, while Georgians flee Gori in fear of further Russian attacks

Video

ABC News Australia

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TBILISI, Georgia - Swarms of Russian jets launched new raids on Georgian territory Monday and Georgia faced the threat of a second front of fighting as Russia demanded that Georgia disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia.


While a senior Russian general insisted that Russia has no plans to press further into Georgian territory — its troops are now in two breakaway provinces — the order to disarm carried the threat that Russian-sponsored fighting would spread.


End C&P

Looks like night time fighting has begun there.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili NOW LIVE on BBC NEWS in Tibisi.I guess it ll be on sky to.

georgian president on bbc LIVED NOW!!!
BREAKING BREAKING

*wakes up after eight hours or so*

*reads everything he missed and checks news links*

So the news overnight (by overnight, I mean night time in the Pacifc time zone where I am on the U.S. west coast) seems to be, in a nut shell:

• French and other envoys are pushing for a cease fire
  
• Georgia, according to Russian sources, is again shelling South Ossetia, or they were earlier
  
• Russia, according to Georgian sources, has amassed further troops in Abkhazia near the border with Georgia
  
• Georgia refuses to disarm its forces near the Abkhazi border, despite a Russian ultimatum
  
• Russia still has not invaded Georgian territory itself, although sporadic air strikes do continue
  
• Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are rising slightly due to Ukrainian support for Georgia
  
• The U.S. has begun flying the 2,000 Georgian troops from Iraq into the conflict zone
  
• Both sides are employing a lot of public relations tools in attempt to make themselves seem righteous to the world watching the conflict
  

Is that about right?

[edit on 8/11/2008 by AceWombat04]

Originally posted by rixhell
georgian president on bbc LIVED NOW!!!
BREAKING BREAKING

No matter what he say and the amount of lies he gonna say , he will soon be in the court for war crimes , This man is a maniac , he was laughing and smiling to the cameras when people were dying, His days are reaching a countdown.

This thread is meaking history

From the beginning

WOW

reply to post by chips


Looks like it's the village of Khurcha

MVD of Georgia: Russian servicemen engaged the village Of [khurcha] Of the [zugdidskogo] region
Moscow. On August 11. Interfax - the Georgian village Of [khurcha] Of the [zugdidskogo] region it is occupied on Monday with Abkhazian and Russian subdivisions, stated on Monday at the briefing the official representative of MVD of Georgia [Shota] Of [utiashvili].


“The afterward obtained from the Georgian side failure to carry out ultimatum - to return weapon to all policemen, Russian peacemaking forces was engaged the part of the building of the police and they are now located there”, it said [Sh].[Utiashvili].


The Ministry of Defense RF it earlier on Monday confirmed the presentation of ultimatum to the Georgian armed units in the safety zone in The [zugdidskiy] region - to lay down weapons. This is done for the purpose of the non-admission of the escalation of conflict in the region, they explained in the Russian defense department.

Source: i nterfax

LONDON (AFP) - Crude prices rose on Monday, nearing 117 dollars a barrel, after oil exports normally carried out via Georgian ports were halted over the weekend owing to an escalation in fighting between Georgia and Russia.

(Source - www.afp.com...)


And the Russian's arn't after the pipeline?

An interesting press conference from Saakashvili.

And so it goes on.

Originally posted by chips
An interesting press conference from Saakashvili.

And so it goes on.

could anyone post some summery of what was said?

anyone seen this thread on ats?

Reports in the Kremlin today are stating that Prime Minister Putin has ordered the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation to put the Volga-Urals Military District and Black Sea Fleet on ‘full war alert’ to prepare for the defense of the Iranian Nation against what is being termed as an ‘imminent attack’ being planned by the Western Powers.

Also also ordered was the destruction of all oil pipelines going through Georgia to the West.