Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

Looks like Russia is moving more troops towards Gori.
I would love to see a confirmation of this from a different source.

[edit on 16-8-2008 by -Rugged Shark-]

Russian soldiers dug foxholes 30 miles outside of Georgia's capital
www.ap.org...

Russians found another loophole in this whole conflict they received the document but they can wait as long as they want to sign it,and continue what they have been doing.

U.S. Tells Russia to Remove Forces From Georgia

``With the signature of the Georgian president on this cease-fire accord, all Russian troops and any irregular and paramilitary forces that entered with them must leave immediately,'' U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi yesterday.

news.yahoo.com...

May have been posted already, but it deserves my plucky-response.

Rice is annoying enough. I cannot believe her and Bush are talking so much smack "you must leave..." I mean, the audacity! It staggers the mind! And these are the leaders we allow in office! We deserve what we do nothing about I suppose.

[edit on 16-8-2008 by pluckynoonez]

Please is someone watching sky news? and confirm Russian Tank Battalion is heading towards Gori?

Al Jazeera is reporting live from Tblisi

link Realplayer required.

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If the tanks are true then they should be arriving in Gori in hours or so.then we will get some feed back on it

Georgia says Russian forces have destroyed a railway bridge 30 miles from Tbilisi:

TBILISI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Georgia's Interior Ministry said on Saturday that Russian troops had blown up a railway bridge about 45 km (30 miles) from the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said troops had destroyed the bridge in the Kaspi region west of Tbilisi, "paralysing the Georgian railway network". Reuters could not independently verify the report.

A Reuters correspondent saw Russian armoured personnel carriers and soldiers advance to the area on Friday from the Russian-occupied town of Gori near breakaway South Ossetia.

www.alertnet.org...

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Al Jazeera just said that Russia denies the destruction of that bridge.

link confirming Russian denial.

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Sure they do like everything else they have done and then later its confirmed? Gori anyone?

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A reporter from Al Jazeera said he heard an explosion coming from the direction of that area, but can not confirm that the bridge is destroyed. The russians won't let him pass so that he can verify the report.

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Russian troops won't let Reporters go anywhere but too bad RUSSIANS you can't escape the all seeing eye of U.S spy satellites.Will get the bloody truth right out of ya

Russian forces take equipment from Georgian port

Russian forces carried off crates and equipment in trucks and helicopters from the port and airport of the western Georgian town of Poti early on Saturday, according to witnesses.

source

Yes, Sky TV is reporting this now:

Georgian PM confirms that Russians have blown up a railway bridge on the main east-west line in Gori.

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Welcome chips, thank god your here.Your the one who gives us breaking news
off sky tv around this time

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This must be at Kaspi,i remember hearing Russians moved there and its right next to the railroad not even mile if that

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Russian troops prevent arms smuggling to South Ossetia

MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russian troops detained two cars carrying ammunition via a humanitarian channel into the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia, a senior Russian military official said Saturday.

source

Bush to hold a speech at his Ranch sometime this morning after he gets done talking with Robert Gates,Rice, and someone else i forgot.

Bush may take Moscow to task for Georgia invasion
www.ap.org...

Update:

Georgian PM confirms that Russians have blown up a railway bridge on main east-west line near Tbilisi.

- Sky TV

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Really? Russians just denied it.Did they show the railroad bridge yet
But i wouldn't doubt they didn't,they had lied in the past before

[edit on 16-8-2008 by Rentor]