Photo Edition: Georgia-Russia conflict (UPDATED)
Güncelleme Tarihi:
Russia sent thousands of troops; tanks and air support into South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia launched an offensive to seize control of the province, which broke from Georgia in the early 1990s. Russia has put the death toll in South Ossetia at 2,000, but this is disputed by Georgia which says it is much lower.
Georgian soldiers are seen atop a tank as it makes its way along a street, as a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is seen in the background, in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Georgia's Defense Ministry said that Russian armor on Monday seized a military base in western Georgia, opening a second front in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Nana Intskerveli, the ministry's spokeswoman, said that Russian armored personnel carriers rolled into the base in Senaki, a town in Western Georgia about 30 kilometers (20 miles) inland from the Black Sea port of Poti. AP Photo/Sergei Grits
Bodyguards escort Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, third from left, wearing a protective vest, to shelter under the threat of Russian air attack in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. AP Photo /Sergei Grits
Russian troops secure the area in the Khurcha settlement in breakaway region of Abkhazia, August 10, 2008. REUTERS/Vladimir Popov
A Georgian firefighter douses a fire at military radio tower at an unnamed location outside of Tbilisi on August 11, 2008. AFP PHOTO / NIKOLAI SERGEEV
A Georgian woman carries her belongings from her damaged home after a Russian bombing in Gori,some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich
Georgians read a list of victims at a hospital in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich
Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles and trucks near the village of Khurcha in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, heading toward the border of Georgia. Russia's NTV television said more Russian troops arrived in the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi in addition to peacekeepers deployed there for more than a decade. Meanwhile separatist authorities in Abkhazia have mobilized the army and called up reservists to drive Georgian government forces from a small part of the province still under Georgian control. AP Photo/Vladimir Popov
Local residents pass by a damaged building in Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. AP Photo /Sergei Grits
Georgians demonstrate in front of the Russian representation to the EU in Brussels, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Georgia is asking the EU to freeze talks with Russia for a "strategic partnership" unless Moscow halts its military campaign against its small neighbor. AP Photo/Yves Logghe