Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

reply to post by -Rugged Shark-


Russia is not a part of NATO therefore it is impossible for them to call a meeting of NATO members. Russia can start a war though which in consequence will cause a meeting.

Does it seem to anyone else like everything is slowing down? Not alot of new info coming out of Georgia, and just alot of talk on the news channels. Nice that the UN is debating, but Russia will just veto whatever they do so they could be stuck in there for weeks.

Think that this is the calm before the storm, or are things going to calm down for good now?

informationdissemination.blogspot.com...

Georgian Troops return from Iraq
as a pic of it on the right*

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reply to post by Rentor


your link is
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reply to post by SectionEight


I know so that's why i just posted the site with the pic
if anyone can post it onto the thread for me since i am so newb

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reply to post by -Rugged Shark-


It was the White House correspondent that must of misunderstood it. It was explained there that advisors were flying to Georgia tommorow. I think these two meetings may actually be separate.

Originally posted by princeofpeace
Russia called a NATO meeting? How on earth did they do that?

Well here's a different source that confirms it: Russia calls NATO meeting

Originally posted by Rentor
informationdissemination.blogspot.com...

Georgian Troops return from Iraq

as a pic of it on the right*

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Maybe this was why Georgia was so relaxed regarding Gori, maybe they were getting the troops back and head back into Gori and reclaim it... Tbilisi will be defended till the death though we can all count on that.

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While not a member of NATO, Russia and NATO have high level lines of communication and can ask for summits during crises such as these. It's important for the maintenance of peace, at least in theory.

reply to post by D.E.M.


For the people like myself who have been watching this from day one, it's night time there and the news always slows down about this time. It will pick up in a few hours.

Georgia government is propaganda news based on myths and fiction. So when are the Klingons going to land the mothership in Tbilisi?

US military surprised by speed, timing of Russia military action
Georgian officials said Russian troops had moved out of South Ossetia into Georgia proper, occupying the city of Gori while Georgian troops were retreating to the capital.

But US defense officials said they were unable to corroborate the Georgian claims.

"We don't see anything that supports they are in Gori," said a defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "I don't know why the Georgians are saying that."

The US defense official said about 8,000 to 10,000 Russian troops have moved into South Ossetia. They also have flown SU-25, SU-24, SU-27 and TU-22 fighters and bombers during the campaign.

But the official said there was no obvious buildup of Russian forces along the border that signaled an intention to invade.

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Originally posted by SectionEight
reply to post by -Rugged Shark-

 

Russia is not a part of NATO therefore it is impossible for them to call a meeting of NATO members. Russia can start a war though which in consequence will cause a meeting.

As far as I am aware, Russia does have a permanent NATO ambassador. I guess that under special circumstances he can ask for meeting.

reply to post by RenegadePsycho


Those Georgian from Iraq are Elite Force Equip with the latest NATO gear

Rumor so far-
I just heard TU-160 are flying over Georgia

reply to post by RenegadePsycho


There's still no confirmation that Gori was ever captured. I'm sorry to keep repeating this, it's just that in times like this - knowledge is all we have. The truth is all we can cling to sometimes. It's possible that it's been captured, but it may not have been. There's no confirmation, except from Georgian officials.

The Georgian-born Doijashvili happened to be on vacation in Georgia when fighting broke out on Friday. She cold-called the government to offer her help and transferred president.gov.ge and rustavi2.com, the Web site of a prominent Georgian TV station, to her company's servers Saturday.

Russia seizes cities outside Georgia's breakaway regions

Russia confirmed on Monday that its troops had advanced from the breakaway region of Abkhazia to the town of Senaki inside Georgia proper, Reuters informs.

The Defence Ministry justified the operation in Senaki, which lies outside the so-called security zone along the de facto Abkhaz boundary, by a need to avert news attacks on another breakaway region of South Ossetia.

"Russian peacekeepers and support units are carrying out an operation aimed at... preventing Georgian forces from regrouping to carry new attacks on South Ossetia," a ministry spokesman said. "Senaki is one of the places where such actions were underway."

According to AP, the latest developments indicate that Russian troops have invaded Georgia proper from the separatist province of Abkhazia while most Georgian forces are locked up in fighting around another breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said Russian forces also took over police stations in the town of Zugdidi - about 20 miles from the base and also outside Abkhazia.sian military action. Senaki is located about 30 miles east of the Inguri River, which separates Abkhazia from Georgia proper.

www.unian.net...

Originally posted by Rentor
reply to post by RenegadePsycho

 

Those Georgian from Iraq are Elite Force Equip with the latest NATO gear

Well now it is a dead cert. these guys will be seeing action, Georgia knew they were up a certain Creek when they asked the troops to come back, now they may have just bought some more time to defend Tbilisi if needs be.

The US doesn't have a moral leg to stand on here, to tell Russia to stop.

It's wrong of you to invade another country without justification! *cough* Iraq *cough*

There is no stopping them either, so why bother trying? Let them take their little province back and everything will end, or let the international community get involved and suddenly they have to defend (or attack) against everyone else.

Originally posted by AceWombat04
reply to post by RenegadePsycho

 

There's still no confirmation that Gori was ever captured. I'm sorry to keep repeating this, it's just that in times like this - knowledge is all we have. The truth is all we can cling to sometimes. It's possible that it's been captured, but it may not have been. There's no confirmation, except from Georgian officials.

Oh my bad man!! I forgot, theres just so many darn conflicting reports about Gori and trying to keep up with them all is trouble itself.