August 9, 2008, 3:30 Time line: Georgia-Ossetia armed conflict, August 8 23:25 GMT - Georgia resumes intensive shelling of Tskhinvali's residential quarters.
22:50 GMT - Heavy shelling reported in Tskhinvali.
22:00 GMT - Georgia resumes intensive fire on residential areas in Tskhinvali, the Peacekeepers' commander says, reports TASS news agency.
21:27 GMT - South Ossetia's military have downed a Georgian attack plane, the Russian Vesti television channel reports. The fall of the blazing plane was videotaped. The fate of the pilot remains unknown.
21:25 GMT - Georgia announces plans to withdraw half of its peacekeeping contingent in Iraq because of the South Ossetian crisis.
21:22 GMT - South Ossetia is fully in control of Tskhinvali, but Georgia is making attempts to retake the city, accordign to the self-proclaimed republic's official spokeswoman Irina Gagloyeva.
20:36 GMT - The UN Security Council has begun closed-door consultations to discuss the situation in South Ossetia. The meeting, initiated by Georgia, is the second in 24 hours.
20:25 GMT - Georgia asks US to put pressure on Russia to "stop the armed aggression" in South Ossetia
19:19 GMT - Twelve Russian peacekeepers killed and 50 injured in South Ossetia, according to Russian Army Assistant Commander Col. Igor Konashenkov.
19:08 GMT - President Dmitry Medvedev says: “Russia is taking adequate military and political measures to put an end to violence in South Ossetia.”
18:56 GMT - The breakaway region’s government says Tskhinvali is fully under South Ossetian control, but fighting over one of the city's districts is continuing.
18:36 GMT - Russian Emergencies Ministry plane has taken off from Moscow region. It will deliver a mobile hospital to North Ossetia to help refugees from the south.
18:31 GMT - South Ossetian armed units deployed near Tskhinvali have started firing at Georgian military positions, according to Georgian media.
17:48 GMT – Georgia admits up to 30 causalities on its side during the offensive.
17:35 GMT – In a televised address, Georgian President Saakashvili claims Georgia ‘controls Tskhinvali and most South Ossetian villages and regions.
17:22 GMT – Hundreds of volunteers enter South Ossetia from Russian territory.
17:20 GMT – South Ossetia calls on the world to ‘stop the genocide’ in the region and recognise its independence.
17:03 GMT – Ossetian leader Kokoity says 1,400 people were killed in Friday's confrontation.
16:55 GMT – Georgia withdraws half of its troops from Iraq.
16:46 GMT – Thousands of people continue to flee the violence in South Ossetia. Most of the refugees are sheltered by their relatives in North Ossetia.
16:32 GMT – Abkhazian troops vow to march on towards the border with Georgia regardless of developments in South Ossetia.
16:14 GMT – Russian Air Force denies bombing a Georgian military base.
15:50 GMT – Russian troops will suppress any fire from Georgian forces aimed at South Ossetia, warns Russia’s Defence Ministry.
15:14 GMT – Russia bans flights to and from Georgia, starting at midnight on Friday.
15:03 GMT – UN Security council to discuss the situation in South Ossetia on Friday night at 19:00 GMT.
14:52 GMT - Shootings cease in Tskhivali as people check damages.
14:35 GMT – Ossetian authorities report more then a thousand dead in Tskhinvali.
14:23 GMT – Mass fires reported in Tskhinvali.
1410 GMT – South Ossetian President Kokoyti announces the breakaway republic’s troops are driving Georgian forces away.
14:05 GMT – Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Tskhinvali, according to South Ossetian President Kokoyti.
14:01 GMT – Georgian Foreign Ministry calls on the world community to make Russia ‘understand, that invading a sovereign state is unacceptable’.
13:43 GMT – President Medvedev orders Prime Minister, Emergencies Minister and Interior Minister to organise humanitarian aid for South Ossetia.
13:25 GMT – Russian Defence Ministry accuses Georgian troops of shooting at peacekeepers and civilians and denying them medical help.
13:21 GMT – Russian Defence Ministry confirms more then 10 Russian peacekeepers have been killed in South Ossetia on Friday and 30 others wounded.
13:16 GMT – Saakashvili accuses Russia of ‘waging a war’ against Georgia, asks for U.S. support.
12:57 GMT – International community must stop turning a blind eye on mass arms purchases by Georgia, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
12:55 GMT – Russian FM Sergey Lavrov accuses Georgia of ethnical cleansing in Ossetian villages.
12:37 GMT – "If Russia indeed sent its troops to Georgian territory, it means we are at war with Russia," said head of Georgian national security council.
12:34 GMT – Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin calls on the alliance’s member states not to support Saakashvili.
12:31 GMT – Georgian Parliament speaker David Bargadze accuses Russia of ‘military aggression’, and threatens to use ‘all means necessary to protect the country’s sovereignty’.
12:22 GMT – Germany’s leader Angela Merkel calls for an immediate end to the use of force.
12:19 GMT – Tskhinvali residents emerge from shelters after a lull in fighting, report Ossetian peacekeepers. The city is short of water and electricity has been cut in many areas. Telephone communications are difficult.
12:13 GMT – Georgia accuses Russia of bombing its military base near Tbilisi.
12:04 GMT – Russia’s Defence Ministry announces it has sent peacekeeping reinforcements to South Ossetia
11:57 GMT – Peacekeepers report South Ossetians destroy several Georgian tanks, re-take Tskhinvali.
11:41 GMT – Russian communists and liberal democrats call for State Duma meeting to discuss the situation in South Ossetia.
11:33 GMT – South Ossetia reports that Russian armoured vehicles have entered Tskhinvali.
11:25 GMT – Tskhinvali ‘completely destroyed’ after massive shelling by Gerogian troops, reports head of peacekeeping force.
11:17 GMT – Georgia gives South Ossetians three hours to surrender.
11:12 GMT – International Red Cross Committee is ‘deeply concerned’ with the humanitarian situation in South Ossetia.
11:02 GMT – PACE will support any effort to resolve the conflict in South Ossetia peacefully.
10:59 GMT – South Ossetia accuses Georgian hackers of attacking its Information Ministry’s website.
10:58 GMT – Russia will not allow the death of its citizens go unpunished, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
10:56 GMT – Wounded people from South Ossetia start arriving to North Ossetian hospitals.
10:45 GMT – Keeping volunteers away from South Ossetia ‘will be difficult’, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who’s visiting China for the opening of the Olympics
10:33 GMT – Georgia announces a three-hour ceasefire starting from 11:00 GMT to let civilians out of the conflict zone.
10:26 GMT – Transdniester may allow volunteers to fight in South Ossetia, says region’s Foreign Ministry.
10:23 GMT – Peacekeepers ask Abkhazia not to send its troops into the demilitarized zone.
09:53 GMT – British Foreign Office calls on the two sides to stop military actions and resume negotiations.
09:36 GMT – Georgia’s aggression gives the Russian Parliament a ‘serious reason’ to recognise South Ossetia’s independence, says chair of Federation Council Sergey Mironov.
09:21 GMT – NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer calls for an immediate to violence in South Ossetia.
09:05 GMT – Russian Defence Ministry says it won’t let Georgia harm peacekeepers and Russian citizens.
08:32 GMT – The European Commission’s head of foreign policy tells Mikhail Saakashvili to do everything necessary to stop violence in South Ossetia.
08:18 GMT – Firefight spreads to Tskhinvali streets, reports head of peacekeeping force.
07:49 GMT –Emergencies Ministry ready to evacuate Russian citizens from South Ossetia if ordered to.
07:44 GMT – Abkhazian forces move to border with Georgia and concentrate near the demilitarised zone.
07:44 GMT – Mikhail Saakasvili says Russia has launched a full-scale military operation against Georgia.
07:20 GMT – Georgian Minister of Reintegration asks the international community to stop putting pressure on Tbilisi and help find a compromise.
07:02 GMT – Russian Migration Service ready to deal with refugees from South Ossetia.
06:51 GMT – UN Security Council fails to approve a Russia-sponsored ceasefire call.
06:17 GMT – Firefight intensifies at Tskhinvali outskirts, says South Ossetian President Kokoyti.
05:57 GMT – Georgia pledges to pardon South Ossetian leadership and invest $US 35 million into the region
05:28 GMT – North Ossetia prepares for the arrival of more than 2,000 refugees
05:01 GMT – South Ossetia asks Russia for protection and to help it stop the bloodshed
04:13 GMT – Georgian troops resume attack on the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali.
OLYMPIC SPIRIT: Russian Natalia Paderina and Georgia's Nino Salukvadze stepped down from the dais, stood to one side of gold medallist Wenjun Guo, and hugged and kissed.
Joint Declaration of Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish Presidents on the situation in Georgia
09.08.2008
We, the leaders of the former captive nations from Eastern Europe and current members of the European Union and NATO– Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland – are extremely concerned about the actions of the Russian Federation against Georgia.
We strongly condemn the actions by the Russian military forces against the sovereign and independent country of Georgia.
Following the unilateral military actions of the Russian military forces, we will use all means available to us as Presidents to ensure that aggression against a small country in Europe will not be passed over in silence or with meaningless statements equating the victims with the victimizers. To this end we intend to urge our governments to take the following positions in discussions and to raise these concerns in the European Union and the North Atlantic Council:
- Can the current Russian authorities be called adequate strategic partners of the EU;
- Can the family of European democratic countries pursue a mutually beneficial dialogue with a country that uses heavy military armour against an independent country;
- It is pointless to continue a “visa facilitation” program with a country that does not meet even the minimal requirements set by the EU and which uses visa facilitation to issue Russian Federation passports to foreigners and then abuses this EU given privilege to claim intervention rights such as "we are protecting Russian citizens" in South Ossetia.
- The actions of the Russian Federation in Georgia should influence the talks with the Russian Federation, including negotiations on the new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
We underline the obvious bankruptcy of Russian “peacekeeping operations” in its immediate neighbourhood. The Russian Federation has overstepped a red-line in keeping the peace and stability in the conflict zone and in protecting Russian citizens outside its own borders.
The EU and NATO must take the initiative and stand-up against the spread of imperialist and revisionist policy in the East of Europe. New international peacekeeping forces should be created as the current setting proved to be ineffective.
We regret that not granting of the NATO’s Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Georgia was seen as a green light for agression in the region.
We believe that the EU and NATO as the key organizations for European and Transatlantic stability and security should play a leading and crucial role in securing freedom, security and prosperity of countries not only in the EU but also in the neighboring European area.
It a litmus-test for the credibility of the EU and NATO to solve the conflict in its immediate neighborhood and to prove for all EU and NATO members, aspirant countries and democratic partners that it is worth being members and partners of these organizations.
This Declaration is open for the accession by the leaders of other democratic countries.
President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of the Republic of Latvia Valdis Zatlers President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński
TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) -- The Russian military advanced into Georgia on two fronts Monday, heading toward cities outside the breakaway provinces that have been the centers of fighting.
A Georgian armored personnel carriers burns on the road from Gori to Tbilisi.
1 of 2 more photos » more photos » From the flashpoint South Ossetia, the Russian military moved south toward the central Georgia city of Gori, Georgia said. Russia said its troops were on the outskirts of the city.
A CNN crew in Gori saw Georgian forces piling into trucks and leaving the city at high speed.
CNN saw thousands of troops driving out of the city, as well as thousands of civilians traveling by convoy from Gori toward Tbilisi.
Gori lies along Georgia's main east-west highway, and is an important site for Georgia's communication systems.
Russian troops were also in Senaki, in western Georgia, having advanced from the breakaway area of Abkhazia, Russian and Georgian officials said.
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