Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

Its all over BBC and SKY that russia have taken Gori but there are no live video s coming out and the sky reporter that is now in Tbilis say we will have to see if it is true.

The EU commission and chief of NATO are saying that Russia's use of force is excessive, and that they want an immediate halt to hostilities and return to negotiations. This article also touches on the Russian request for an emergency NATO summit.

www.reuters.com...

Extraordinary.

That's all I can say, really.

There is no possibility that Russia will occupy Georgia. It is very difficult to do, and would be catastrophic for Russian economy and politics.

Russia clearly wants a regime change, and has good reasons for wanting it. Saakashvilli has proved his worth when he recklessly attacked S. Ossetia.

Alternatively they could stop in Gori. A control of the major roadways there will severely impede Saakashvilli from running the country effectively.

Originally posted by chips
Extraordinary.

That's all I can say, really.

Hell...even today I can't sleep...have'nt slept for a long long time.... I ain't gonna miss any of it....for all u may know this event may be written in history books of the future as the event which sparked WWIII...

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There is no possibility that Russia will occupy Georgia.

Medvedev said the same thing about Russian advancement into Georgia about an hour ago...

I don't know what they're planning. I'm not even going to guess anymore.

Originally posted by asen_y2k

Originally posted by chips
Extraordinary.

That's all I can say, really.

Hell...even today I can't sleep...have'nt slept for a long long time.... I ain't gonna miss any of it....for all u may know this event may be written in history books of the future as the event which sparked WWIII...

OK man.... please don't rub it in!!! I stay up all night posting what I read, someone says this someone else says that... then I wake up and there has been a fight.... then I go to my course come back AND THEY'VE TAKEN GORI!!! Talk about bad luck!!....

I'd put 2 baaaazillion pounds on Russia moving on to Tbilisi next... This stuff is crazy!!!

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That's funny because maloy said that about Russian troops occupying Gori about 20hours ago.

No I'm not finding the post.

UPDATE - SKY TV: Reuters eyewitness said he could see no military vehicles or troops in the city of Gori.

- Georgia moves to defend Tbilisi.

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France and Poland are now evacuating its citizens from Georgia.

France to send aid to Georgia, fly nationals back
www.alertnet.org...

Text messages used to evacuate Poles from Georgia
www.alertnet.org...

I'm expecting more nations to begin doing the same shortly.

Seem that the Russian army is indeed in Gori, but still no confirmation from the Russian military.

top.rbc.ru...

I hope they don't destroy's Stalin's house. It's a Georgian national monument. Maybe that's all Russia wanted? Stalin's house where he was born?

Originally posted by chips
UPDATE - SKY TV: Reuters eyewitness said he could see no military vehicles or troops in the city.

- Georgia moves to defend Tbilisi.

I was just going to ask you if you had seen this CHIPS, because you must have seen the images I seen where Russian gunships where there and tanks were rolling in... I dont get it where are they?

According to a Reuters witness, there were no Russian troops in Gori.

TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian official said on Monday that Russian forces had captured the Georgian town of Gori, 60 kilometers from the capital Tbilisi, but a Reuters witness saw no troops in the empty town.

"They have captured the city of Gori," the secretary of Georgia's security council, Kakha Lomaia told Reuters by telephone.

A Reuters reporter in Gori said: "We are right now driving through the town and I see no trace of troops or military vehicles. It is absolutely deserted."

www.reuters.com...

So I think we all really need to wait and see for confirmation of this. We need to be objective and keep in mind that it may not be in Georgia or Russia's interests to report the facts to the world accurately as they happen, unfortunate though that may be.

Originally posted by Th0r]
That's funny because maloy said that about Russian troops occupying Gori about 20hours ago.

I did say they would not occupy Gori. I was wrong. But the question is will they stay there for long? Is the Georgian army retreating from there? If so we should see them moving through Kaspi and on to Tbilisi soon. If they have retreated from Gori completely it would be kind of pointless for Russians not to go into Gori now.

Originally posted by maloy
There is no possibility that Russia will occupy Georgia. It is very difficult to do, and would be catastrophic for Russian economy and politics.

Russia clearly wants a regime change, and has good reasons for wanting it. Saakashvilli has proved his worth when he recklessly attacked S. Ossetia.

Alternatively they could stop in Gori. A control of the major roadways there will severely impede Saakashvilli from running the country effectively.

You dont have to occupy to control. The status-quo was not good for Russia, yet good for the west. Now the soon to be status-quo will be good for Russia and sno so good for the west.

Russia used thier turn and surprised everyone. I dont think anyone was prepared for this move, believing that Russia didnt have the balls to do this.

Originally posted by RenegadePsycho

Originally posted by chips
UPDATE - SKY TV: Reuters eyewitness said he could see no military vehicles or troops in the city.

- Georgia moves to defend Tbilisi.

I was just going to ask you if you had seen this CHIPS, because you must have seen the images I seen where Russian gunships where there and tanks were rolling in... I dont get it where are they?

It would seem too odd that Russian troops would chase the Georgian military right after they captured a city, usually armies leave behind some forces to secure the town before moving on...

Everything looks normal in Tbilisi, at least for now and at this place.

Webcam

Forgot to add: just refresh the page to update the image, I have been doing it all day.

[edit on 11/8/2008 by ArMaP]

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I was about to say.

Have they bypassed the city and headed straight for Tbilisi? Perhaps the eyewitness was mistaken - we did see the live footage.

Originally posted by maloy
If they have retreated from Gori completely it would be kind of pointless for Russians not to go into Gori now.

What for? To become targets for the snipers left behind?

They achieved their objective of denying this location for the Georgian command center, and that's good enough.

Originally posted by chips
reply to post by RenegadePsycho

 

I was about to say.

Have they bypassed the city and headed straight for Tbilisi? Perhaps the eyewitness was mistaken - we did see the live footage.

I dont know if you watched the same as me but it was not live,Sky News said it was early in the afternoon.(uk time)

[edit on 11-8-2008 by freemindmine]