Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

reply to post by chips


Seen similar things said before about cease fires and such. Will believe it when I see it.

Originally posted by chips
Kremlin confirms Russian President takes decision to cease military action in Georgia. (SKY)



[edit on 12-8-2008 by chips]

Do u think Putin really will let him do it?

Sounds to good to be true

reply to post by AceWombat04


I can't keep up with all of this, it's moving so fast

* NATO cancels meeting.

* Russia announces cessation of military activity.

I wonder how NATO would know so fast that they were going to stop.

They added a brief paragraph to the bold headline now.

MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he had ordered an end to the military operation in Georgia, Interfax news agency reported. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge)

www.alertnet.org...

Still no independent confirmation.

Now I really do need to lose conciousness. I hope this is a valid report for the sake of everyone caught in the crosshairs on both sides.

[edit on 8/12/2008 by AceWombat04]

[edit on 8/12/2008 by AceWombat04]

Dutch journalist killed in Russian bombing of Gori

9 minutes ago

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Dutch ambassador in Georgia says a Dutch TV correspondent was killed when Russians bombed the Georgian city of Gori overnight.

Ambassador Onno Van Elderenbosch says Tuesday he is not able to release the name of the journalist, who worked for RTL-2 television. One of the man's colleagues was wounded.

Gori was bombed overnight by Russian forces who have occupied the nearby Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia. The bombing hit a media center that had been set up on the top floor of the town's television and radio center.

Georgian officials say Gori's university and post office are on fire.

The town was all but deserted after most residents and Georgian soldiers fled late Monday.

(source)

Note: it was a cameraman working for Dutch tvstation RTL 4 according to Dutch sources.

I think it is because russia have completed there mission - stopped all potential harm to there citizens by smashing , in 3 days , teh entire georgian military machine


just like the USA in iraq did.

reply to post by Harlequin


Iraq was the 4th strongest military when we crushed them
so you cant really compare it to that

MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he had ordered an end to the military operation in Georgia, the Kremlin said.
"On the basis of your report, I have taken the decision to bring to an end the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace," Medvedev told Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, according to a Kremlin spokesman (Reporting by Oleg Shchedrov, writing by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Michael Stott).

www.alertnet.org...

All-over-red-rover???

Russia 'ends Georgia operation'

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia, the Kremlin says.

He told officials he had taken the decision to end the operation after restoring security for civilians and peacekeepers in South Ossetia.

However, Russia has remained highly critical of Georgia's leadership, and there were no signs of imminent talks.

There were fresh reports of Russian bombing on Tuesday, with casualties reported in the Georgian town of Gori.

news.bbc.co.uk...

reply to post by AceWombat04

13:00 Medvedev declared the end of the operation in South Ossetia

lenta.ru...

Also, real quick before I hit the sack

12 Aug 2008 09:07:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Russia orders halt to war as Sarkozy begins peace mission

* Lavrov says Russia cannot agree to Georgia peacekeepers

* Abkhazia starts offensive in Kodori

By Michael Stott and Margarita Antidze

MOSCOW/TBILISI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of fighting and just before French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to hold peace talks in Moscow.

A Kremlin spokesman confirmed Russian news agency reports that Medvedev had issued instructions to the Defence Ministry to "stop the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace". The news came just before Sarkozy was due to meet Medvedev at the Kremlin to discuss an international peace plan to halt the fighting, which has rattled world oil markets and unnerved the West.

www.alertnet.org...

So unless Russia is willing to invite enormous international outrage in response to a boldfaced lie, or they are waiting for Georgia to give them an excuse to start again, it appears to be over.

No word yet on the separate confict between Abkhazia and Georgian forces in a disputed gorge there, though.

If true, then thank-goodness. Maybe I'll actually sleep well tonight.

Peace, everyone.

[edit on 8/12/2008 by AceWombat04]

reply to post by Rentor


Please don’t do des-info.
Get your facts right, never Iraq was the 4th largest military power.
I can’t believe I am reading this.
Kacou.

Shortly before the announcement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow Tuesday that it would only accept a cease-fire if Georgia withdrew from the disputed region of South Ossetia and agreed to renounce the use of force.

As Russian troops marched further into the country, capturing a strategic road and opening a second front in western Georgia after moving in from the breakaway region Abkhazia Tuesday, Lavrov said Moscow did not trust the country's leadership.

edition.cnn.com...

Therein lays the caveat emptor!

"...if Georgia withdrew from the disputed region..."

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts...



[edit on 12-8-2008 by mattguy404]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says that Georgia's president must leave office and Georgian troops should stay out of the breakaway South Ossetia region for good. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Moscow won't talk to President Mikhail Saakashvili and Saakashvili "better go." AP

Nato must have agreed to make Saakashvili disappear in order to get Russia to stop their incursion, or they're just talking war dung.

[edit on 12-8-2008 by Regenmacher]

reply to post by kacou


By # of tanks and other stuff bro, i didn't literally mean the 4th strongest lol.

LOL there we go "if" so actually the attack was never called off
Those funny russians,don't they know no one is laughing at their jokes

Originally posted by mattguy404

Therein lays the caveat emptor!

"...if Georgia withdrew from the disputed region..."

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts...



[edit on 12-8-2008 by mattguy404]

Does anyone know the latest situation in South Ossetia? The last I heard yesterday was that the Russians had gone and the Ossetian militia were running the place. Has Russia left them to deal with the Georgians that are there then? Or are the Russians still there after all? I think my brain is melting.

[Bagapsh]: operation on the release of Kodor Gorge must be completed this evening

On August 12, 2008 13:22
[Bagapsh]: operation on the release of Kodor Gorge must be completed this evening
Moscow. On August 12. INTERFAX.RU - the President of Abkhaziya Sergey [Bagapsh] in the interview “for Interfax” expressed confidence that the operation in the upper part of Kodor Gorge toward the evening of present day will be completed.


“Military operation, it continued, occurs according to the plan, developed in the General Staff of the Abkhazian armed forces, and it is possible with the confidence to say that toward today's evening the servicemen will complete the crushing defeat of the Georgian armed forces in upper [Kodor]s region”.

(sour ce)

www.russiatoday.com...

Moscow’s Georgians and Ossetians united in misery

As conflict engulfs their homelands, in Moscow, Georgian and Ossetian nationals are trying to comprehend what has been happening. They have issue a common message: peace is what they want most.

yeah its russia today , but if this is true - then maybe there is genuine hope after all.

as long as the hot heads stay away

13:20 Russian soldiers after the ceasefire will continue exploration in the territory of Georgia

I am sure the President of Georgia will not like this very much

13:02 Russia to forgive U.S. and NATO

Forgive us for what?
lenta.ru...

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