The Georgia-Russian war
Russian soldiers secure a bridge on River Enguri, which is on the border of breakaway region of Abkhazia and Georgia, as locals pass through on a carriage 3 km (1.9 miles) from the western Georgian city of Zugdidi August 19, 2008. The head of Russia's main domestic security service accused Georgia on Tuesday of plotting terrorist attacks in Russia following its war with Moscow and ordered extra security at key sites. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (GEORGIA)
The Georgia-Russian war
A Georgian woman holding her baby cries at her damaged home in Gori August 10, 2008. Russia has started an operation to storm the Georgian-controlled Kodori gorge in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA)
The Georgia-Russian war
Russian troops move on the road to Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia 10 August 2008. Russia has confirmed receiving Sunday a note from Georgia, in which the latter announced an immediate unilateral ceasefire in the conflict over South Ossetia. After three days of fighting between Georgian and Russian troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia Russian troops were in control of the capital Tskhinvali Sunday. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
The Georgia-Russian war
South Ossetian refuges evacuate in the South Ossetian capital of Tshinvali August 10, 2008. Russian troops took most of the capital of the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on Sunday after a three-day battle but the United States condemned Moscow's "dangerous and disproportionate" action. Russia poured troops and tanks across its southern border into tiny Georgia and bombed Georgian targets after Tbilisi attempted on Thursday evening to retake South Ossetia, a small pro-Russian province which broke away from Georgia in the 1990s. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (GEORGIA)
The Georgia-Russian war
A Russian soldier walks past destroyed Georgian tanks in the South Ossetian capital of Tshinvali, August 10, 2008. Russian troops took most of the capital of the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on Sunday after a three-day battle but the United States condemned Moscow's "dangerous and disproportionate" action. Russia poured troops and tanks across its southern border into tiny Georgia and bombed Georgian targets after Tbilisi attempted on Thursday evening to retake South Ossetia, a small pro-Russian province which broke away from Georgia in the 1990s. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (GEORGIA)
The Georgia-Russian war
A column of Russian tanks rolls near the town of Dzhava in the separatist Georgian province of South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Georgia called a cease-fire Sunday and said it was pulling its embattled troops out of the disputed province of South Ossetia, submitting to Russia's far superior firepower, but Moscow disputed the pullout claim. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
