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Russia says has control of S.Ossetian capital

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-09 18:13

Georgian tanks move near the town of Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. Georgian troops have killed 12 Russian peacekeeping soldiers so far in clashes in the separatist region of South Ossetia, a senior Russian defence ministry official said on Saturday. [Agencies]

Russia sent fresh reinforcements overnight, which according to Russian news agencies have reached the regional capital Tskhinvali where fierce battles rage.

The Russian military said more reinforcements were on their way and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was not seeking all-out war with Georgia.

With Washington the main backer of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, the US State Department called in a top Russian diplomat to urge Moscow to halt military involvement in the conflict that erupted in earnest late on Thursday night.

Each side blamed the other for the outbreak of fighting in the pro-Moscow enclave, which broke from Georgia as the Soviet Union came close to collapse in the early 1990s.

 

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