Heavy Fighting Reported in S.Ossetia
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 7 Aug.'08
Georgia has launched a large-scale military aggression against SouthOssetia, Anatoly Barankevich, the secretary of the breakaway region’sNational Security Council said on August 7.“Numerous Georgian military units are moving towards the border [withthe breakaway region],” Barankevich said.
The South Ossetian secessionist authorities said that Khetagurov villageand Tskhinvali were being shelled by Georgians from the nearby villageof Khetagurov, using machineguns, mortars and artillery.
The South Ossetian side has also said that Georgia has deployed 27multiple rocket launchers close to the border with the breakaway region.Meanwhile, the Georgian side said that the Georgian village of Avneviwas under attack by South Ossetian militiamen. The Interior Ministrysaid that a Georgian armored personnel carrier was blown up by themilitias in the village.
Eyewitnesses say they have seen military convoys moving on the highwayfrom western Georgia in the direction of Gori, as well as around Gori.Independent information from the ground is not available.
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