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Georgia is reportedly moving tanks, artillery and troops to the border with its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. It follows days of shelling and skirmishes between the sides. Russia is leading diplomatic efforts to stop a full-scale conflict.
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On Friday, August 8, Georgia launched a military offensive against its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Artillery shelling and tanks have reportedly reduced the region's capital Tskhinvaly to ruins. Russia has sent its army to help peacekeepers stop the violence.
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A car bomb exploded outside the Russian military's headquarters in South Ossetia on Friday, killing 7soldiers. Georgian and Russian authorities traded accusations over the blast. (Oct. 3)
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Georgia wouldn't have attacked South Ossetia without the green light from the U.S, believes Paul Craig Roberts, a former assistant secretary to the treasury in Ronald Reagan's administration.
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Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has brought virtually their entire populations onto the streets to mark the event. There has been celebratory gunfire in the capital Tskhinval, and even strangers are hugging and praying together, hoping it brings an end to their suffering. Similar scenes have occurred in Sukhum, the capital of Abkhazia.
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A convoy of Russian tanks and military vehicles is reportedly on its way to the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic. It comes after President Dmitry Medvedev promised that "Russia will not close its eyes on the deaths of Russian citizens in South Ossetia." Several Russian peacekeepers have been killed in clashes with Georgian forces.
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Russian ground forces are battling Georgian troops in and around the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Georgia now says Russia's actions could bring the country into full scale war.
Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull is one of the few international reporters near the frontline and sent this report from the South Ossetia border.
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The shelling of the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia has now stopped. Tskhinvali and the surrounding area were the focus of fierce fighting for more than 24 hours. South Ossetian authorities claim 1400 people have been killed.
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More than 2,000 people were killed in South Ossetia, most of them civilians -- and more than 30,000 fled the conflict zone seeking refuge in Russia's North Ossetia. But leaving everything behind, they're still desperate to know the fate of their loved ones who remain in Tskhinvali.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared that Russia will recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He made the announcement in Sochi following a unanimous vote for the republics' independence by both houses of the Russian Parliament in Moscow on Monday.
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The death toll in the unrecognised republic has now reached at least 2000, according to Russia's Ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko. The Chief of Russian ground forces Igor Konashenkov claims Georgia's military action in Tskhinvali has resulted in the destruction of all hospitals, and many children have been killed.
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