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On Friday, August 8, Georgia launched a military offensive against its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Artillery shelling and tanks have reportedly reduced the region's capital Tskhinvaly to ruins. Russia has sent its army to help peacekeepers stop the violence.
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Georgia is reportedly moving tanks, artillery and troops to the border with its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. It follows days of shelling and skirmishes between the sides. Russia is leading diplomatic efforts to stop a full-scale conflict.
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Georgia wouldn't have attacked South Ossetia without the green light from the U.S, believes Paul Craig Roberts, a former assistant secretary to the treasury in Ronald Reagan's administration.
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Russia will place bases in the newly independent states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and build relations with the two countries, Russian president Medvedev announced at a meeting with the media in the city of Izhevsk.
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The shelling of the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia has now stopped. Tskhinvali and the surrounding area were the focus of fierce fighting for more than 24 hours. South Ossetian authorities claim 1400 people have been killed.
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Georgian forces have launched a massive military offensive to take control of its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Fighter planes and heavy artillery are bombarding the capital Tskhinvali and fighting is raging in the outskirts. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has begun an emergency debate on the situation after a request from Russia.
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A convoy of Russian tanks and military vehicles is reportedly on its way to the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic. It comes after President Dmitry Medvedev promised that "Russia will not close its eyes on the deaths of Russian citizens in South Ossetia." Several Russian peacekeepers have been killed in clashes with Georgian forces.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared that Russia will recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He made the announcement in Sochi following a unanimous vote for the republics' independence by both houses of the Russian Parliament in Moscow on Monday.
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RT military analyst Evgeny Khruschev says the new Georgia -- South Ossetia conflict is not the first attempt of Georgia to conduct ethnic cleansing of its neighbours.
Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov has said that Gazprom is ready to restore the pipeline in South Ossetia and is also ready to discuss provisions for a new gas contract with Ukraine.
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The conflict between Georgia and its breakaway republic of South Ossetia is now in a quiet stage. There have been has no incidents in the conflict zone for the past few days, but the propaganda war between the two sides has not stopped for a moment
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