Russia Pushes Deep Into Georgia

It’s clear that Russia is perpetrating an outright invasion. 

Russian forces seized several towns and a military base deep in western Georgia on Monday, opening a second front in the fighting. Georgia’s president said his country had been effectively cut in half with the capture of the main east-west highway near Gori.
Fighting also raged Monday around Tskhinvali, the capital of the separatist province of South Ossetia. Russian warplanes launched new air raids across Georgia, with at least one sending screaming civilians running for cover.

The reported capture of the key Georgian city of Gori and the towns of Senaki, Zugdidi and Kurga came despite a top Russian general’s claim earlier Monday that Russia had no plans to enter Georgian territory. By taking Gori, which sits on Georgia’s only east-west highway, Russia can cut off eastern Georgia from the country’s western Black Sea coast.

“(Russian forces) came to the central route and cut off connections between western and eastern Georgia,” Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili told a national security meeting.

1. We note that the Russkis have stopped as of this AM’s news, kinda like I thought they would.

   They also demanded that Shaak’vi step down, kinda like I thought they would.

   OTOH, maybe the Russkis heard Belling’s idiotic rants, got scared, and stopped b/c of him.

   Posted by dad29 on August 12, 2008 at 0637 hrs




2. What are you talking about Dad29, the Russians are still advancing.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 12, 2008 at 0931 hrs