Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) leads a meeting on humanitarian aid to Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia in Moscow August 9, 2008. Russia blamed Ukraine for "encouraging" Georgia to carry out ethnic cleansing in the separatist region of South Ossetia by providing arms, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday. Also pictured are (L-R) Health Minister Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin, Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu and Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovsky. [Agencies]