LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Fighting is raging in and around the capital of Georgia's South Ossetia as Georgian troops, backed by warplanes, pounded separatist forces in a bid to re-take control of the breakaway region.
Russian media reports say...
Russian troops in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia are carrying out a peace enforcement operation aimed at protecting civilians, President Dmitry Medvedev said this morning as fierce fighting between Russian and Georgian force...
MOSCOW — Russian tanks and artillery rumbled into the breakaway South Ossetia region of Georgia on Friday, and the abrupt escalation of the long-standing conflict there threatened to push the dueling offspring of the former Soviet Union to the brink...
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Russian armored vehicles have entered the northern edges of the capital of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, the separatists' press service reported on its website on Friday. "Russian armored vehicles have entered the northern suburbs...
Georgia's president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown...
