Events timeline: August 7,8. Georgia. South Ossetia. 0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/talking_point/newsid_7549000/7549391.stm americans about this war http://dirty.ru/comments/237260#4557657 exactly timeline on the http://lenta.ru/ http://www.lenta.ru/story/ossetiaclash/ http://lenta.ru/articles/2008/08/08/ossetia/ one more timeline http://www.gazeta.lv/story/6441.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/international/newsid_7548000/7548983.stm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08.08.2008 00:06 : Georgia began heavy fire on Tskhinvali 0 http://lenta.ru/news/2008/08/08/violence/ 08.08.2008 00:42 : Georgia promised to establish a constitutional order into South Ossetia Georgia announced, that its armed forces on Friday's night has begun the operation "aimed on establishment of constitutional order in South Ossetia". With this information appeared Mamuka Kuashvili: commander-in-chief of the Georgian peace-maker troops. He also called Russian peace-maker that are positioned in the zone of conflict not to interfere with the situation. 0 Georgians claimed their armed forces began to carry out the 'constitutional order' operation in South Ossetia, said the commander of Georgian peacemakers Mamuka Kurashvili. He also called Russian peacekeepers located in the conflict area not to intervene. http://lenta.ru/news/2008/08/08/ossetia/ 08.08.2008 01:38 AM: The Assault of Tskhinvali is being led from all around. Georgian forces fire on Tskhinvali with multiple rocket launchers, howitzers and large-calibre weapons http://lenta.ru/news/2008/08/08/ossetia1/ 0 0 08.08.2008 02:08 AM: Georgia has declared war with South Ossetia. Georgia has informed the peace-makers in the zone of conflict about the militancy with South Ossetia, anounced the undeclared republic's State Commitee for the press and information. Earlier head of Georgian peacekeeping forces stated that in South Ossetia "establishing of constitutional order" operation is in progress. http://lenta.ru/news/2008/08/08/war/ 0 Peacemakers in the conflict region was informed by Georgia about the beginning of the war in South Ossetia, said State committee of information and press of South Ossetia. The head of georgian peacemakers said before that there's an 'operation of establishing constitutional order' is running in South Ossetia. 08.08.2008 02:46 AM: Georgia has occupied three towns in South Ossetia. In the Friday's morning georgian troops has occupied three towns in South Ossetia: Didmukha, Muguti, Dmenisi - announced the georgian channel "Rustavi-2". According to its information all of these settlements situated in the approach area of Tskhinvali are under control of Georgian forces. Georgians took three South Ossetian villages by force Early in the morning on Friday, Georgian troops took the South Ossetian villages by force — Didmukha, Muguti and Dmenisi, the Georgian 'Rustavi-2' TV reported. According to them, all of the three villages, located near Tskhinvali, are under control of Georgian armed forces. http://lenta.ru/news/2008/08/08/two/ 08.08.2008 03:03 AM http://rian.ru/politics/20080808/150179460.html Tbilisi encouraged South Ossetia to open negotiations. Georgian government has spreaded an extraordinary announcement, which сonfirms its willingness to settle the conflict in a peaceful way, and encourages the South Ossetian forces to open negotiations. Tbilisi urges South Ossetia to start negotiations Late in the night, the Georgian government issued a statement, in which they confirmed they're ready to resolve the conflict 'in a peacefull way' and calls South Ossetian officials to begin negotiations. 08.08.2008 03:48 Tbilisi denies reports about combat operations start in South Ossetia http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20080808/150179860.html An official representative of Georgian Defence Ministry Nana Intskirvaly denied some releases of national mass-media saying as if Georgia has started the war with purpose of establishing a constitutional order in South Ossetia. Earlier, e-agency "Georgia Online" announced that the commander of the Joint HQ-s of peacekeeping forces - Mamuka Kurashvili - supposedly informed the "Rustavi-2" channel that Georgia made a deceision on establishing a constitutional order in the zone of conflict. "He has said nothing of the kind. This is not true" - Intskirvely said. She added that the Georgian side had to return the fire, since the South Ossetian side had opened a heavy fire on Tamarasheni and Prisi towns. 0 не было источника 0 Georgia declared war on South Ossetia. Currently, Georgian armed forces are assaulting Tskhinvali: capital city of the unrecognized republic. Infantry, assisted by tanks, conducts an all-out attack and the sky is full of Georgian Air Force aircrafts. Assault started with heavy artillery attack at 23:45 MSK. According to the latest information dozens of civil citizens is killed during the fights in Tskhinvali. Quantity of wounded civils is detailing and judging by the intensity of fire that number won't be small, the more so because their evacuating from the city is unavailable. Scores of buildings including the hospital, the university, the maternity hospital and parlament is demolished in Tskhinvali. Domestic multistories with people inside is on fire. Five settlements of South Ossetia situated at the border with Georgia is wiped off the face of the earth, plenipotentiary of South Ossetia's president in Russia Dmitry Medoev said. http://www.gazeta.lv/story/6441.html 08.08.2008 10:20 Georgian soldiers is in Tskhinvali now, few russian reporters working in Tskhinvali said. Violent fight is in progress at the time. The casualties are estimated at tens and even hundreds. Georgian air forces is in air, georgian tanks attacks Tskhinvali. There is a difficult battle, State committee for information and press of South Ossetia said. Security Council of UN is urgently meeting in New York now. 08.08.2008 10:43 After the violent fire of georgian artillery radio communication in the peacemakers' headquarters is disabled. 08.08.2008 11:01 Georgian aggression against South Ossetia will evoke response, declared Russian prime-minister Vladimir Putin. 08.08.2008 11:04 Georgian forces are aimed and firing on areas where Russian peace-makers are situated in Tskhinvali. Reported by the Russian HQs, some missiles has hit the quarters directly. Injuries and deaths has taken place. 08.08.2008 11:05 AM Leader of South Ossetia- Eduard Kokoity escaped from Tzhinvaly and now he is in town Java, where crowded hundreds of refugee. Three packs of 40 buses each is leaving North Ossetia to Java for children and women evacuation. 100 buses more is ready to go for evacuation too. 08.08.2008 11:12 AM President of Georgia declared general mobilization. In his TV interview Saakashvilly called Russia to stop bombing georgian cities. According to the president, currently georgian forces have already occupied more than half of the cities of South Ossetia. 08.08.2008 11:23 South Ossetian Security Council begs Russian Federation to offer its help within an hour, in order to prevent more victims. 08.08.2008 11:29 Command of the Black Sea Fleet said that "if will be accepted policy resolution of administration than ships of Black Sea Fleet ready to go securing country in Black Sea region and help South Ossetia refugee". Black Sea Fleet spokeman inform than ship hour ready to go, inlcude big landing ships wiсh can take aboard refugee. First of all it is Novorosiysk naval base. 08.08.2008. 11:33 Prime-minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, situated in Beijing, reminded that the day of the begining of the Olympic Games is darken by the agression of Georgia. It's a pity that this situation is running in time with the Olympic Games in spite of we need our weapons to keep silence while Olympics is going, Putin said. 08.08.2008. 11:51 Russia will defend its citizen in South Ossetia where Gergia unroll fighting actions, the speaker of russian parlament Boris Grizlov said. Russia won't refuse full-scale and prompt measures that may be needed to defence russian citizens in the region and to keep safety of our south border in case of the South Ossetia situation's aggravation, he added. 08.08.2008 11:52 White House made a statement about situation in South Ossetia. USA called for immediate end of violence in the region and for conducting talks about solving crisis situation. 08.08.2008 12:05 Russian citizens located in basements and shelters of houses in Tskhinvali calls for help to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the government of Russia. 'Dear President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Everyone of us has russian passports in our pockets and bags. We are in our home land, everyone of us was born and grew here. Georgian aggressors are annihilating us. We are located in the basement of the house under bombing and we don't feel ourselves as citizens of the great country. We heard that Russian has great aviation, great planes. Help us if you will be in time. It seems to us we will be totally destroyed in a few minutes. The city is razed to the ground, houses of civil people is burning, people haven't got places to hide from the fire of the enemy, citizens are dying! Protect your citizens. The only hope is for your.', citizens of Tskhinvali said in the appeal. 08.08.2008 12:15 The massive, intensive shelling of Tskhinvali continues. The people are hiding in basements of their houses, some have no longer even this opportunity, because their houses destroyed. There is still a lot of children, women and old people in the city. Tskhinvali has not yet completely taken by georgian forces, and continues to resist. According to the Ossetian side, the georgian armed forces have embarked on complete destruction of Ossetians and doing all that they can to wipe off the face of the earth ossetian settlements. The exact number of dead men can't be established. 08.08.2008 12:21 Television company "Rustavi-2" said that georgian forces shot down russian aircraft that has been bombing georgian city Gory. That's ravings, another abominable provocation of georgian authorities, the Information and press department's of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia spokesman said on that. 08.08.2008 12:41 The Security Council of UN urgently met today's night in New York City has not made the statement. They have fudged the issue. USA abandoned to discuss the actions of Georgia actually. 0 08.08.2008 13:12 Как отметили в Управлении пресс-службы и информации Минобороны России, «грузинское руководство развязало грязную авантюру». «Кровь, пролитая в Южной Осетии, будет на совести этих людей и их окружения. Своих миротворцев и граждан Российской Федерации мы в обиду не дадим». 08.08.2008 14:28 Грузинские власти откроют гуманитарный коридор для эвакуации женщин, детей и мирных жителей из столицы Южной Осетии. Об этом сегодня в телеинтервью заявил мэр Тбилиси Гиги Углава. Он заявил также, что более 70% города Цхинвали уже занято правительственными войсками Грузии. По его словам, с 15.00 до 18.00 вечера будет объявлен мораторий на ведение огня для того, чтобы жители Цхинвали через созданный коридор смогли покинуть зону боевых действий. Потом и сами войска отойдут – им нечего делать в горящем городе. Там начнется полицейская операция... Командующий Смешанными силами по поддержанию мира в зоне грузино-осетинского конфликта генерал-майор Марат Кулахметов подтвердил агентству Reuters , что в результате обстрела столица Южной Осетии Цхинвали практически уничтожена и сожжена... 08.08.2008 15:26 Moscow "Россия исторически была и останется гарантом безопасности народов Кавказа", - заявил президент России Дмитрий Медведев. "То, что произошло, - это грубейшее нарушение международного права и тех мандатов, которые когда-то были выданы России международным сообществом. Действия грузинской стороны привели к человеческим жертвам, в том числе и среди российских миротворцев", - отметил он. Civil people, women, children, old men are going under in South Ossetia now, and most of them are citizens of Russian Federation, the president of Russia said. http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20080808152639.shtml 08.08.2008 15:31 Tskhinvali Госкомитет по информации и печати Южной Осетии передает, что на подходах к Цхинвали находится российская тяжелая бронетехника. Также сообщается о том, что в данный момент ведется авиабомбардировка города грузинской стороной. 08.08.2008 16:01 Moscow В небе над Южной Осетией появились российские самолеты, заявил министр обороны Южной Осетии Анатолий Баранкевич, передает телеканал "Вести". Также на подходах к Цхинвали находится российская тяжелая бронетехника. По словам командующего смешанными силами по поддержанию мира в регионе (ССМП) генерал-майора Марата Кулахметова, Цхинвали сильно разрушен, есть много жертв среди мирного населения. Georgia striked a blow by air forces to the pack with humanitarian aid. 08.08.2008 17:00 Washington Президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили заявил в интервью американскому телевидению, что Россия начала войну с Грузией. "Россия ведет с нами боевые действия на нашей собственной территории", - подчеркнул он. Грузинский президент также заметил, что в интересах США оказать сейчас помощь Грузии, передает Reuters. 08.08.2008 16:47 Fights is stopped in Tskhinvali В столице Южной Осетии прекратились бои. Город практически полностью разрушен, отключено электричество и не хватает воды, не работает стационарная телефонная связь. Мобильная связь также скоро прекратит работу, так как заряжать сотовые телефоны негде. Точных данных о потерях среди осетинских войск, миротворцев и мирного населения пока не поступало. 08.08.2008 17:36 More than 10 russian peacemakers is dead and about 30 is injured in the issue of bombardment in Tskhinvali, chief of the Service of Information and PR of the land forces of Russia colonel Igor Konashenkov said. Он также сообщил, что сейчас в районе штаба миротворцев идет ожесточенный бой с использованием бронетехники. По словам И.Конашенкова, грузинские танки практически в упор расстреливают штаб и лагерь миротворцев. "По докладам из Цхинвали, грузинские военные добивают раненых российских миротворцев и местных жителей и не дают вывезти раненых из разрушенной больницы", - добавил он. 08.08.2008 17:55 Moscow http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20080808175500.shtml Для руководства действиями по оказанию помощи миротворцам и мирным жителям Южной Осетии во Владикавказе создан оперативный штаб во главе с главнокомандующим Сухопутными войсками РФ генералом армии Владимиром Болдыревым, сообщил начальник службы информации и общественных связей Сухопутных войск РФ полковник Игорь Конашенков 08.08.2008 19:39 Moscow http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20080808193900.shtml 58th army's artillery and tanks crushed fire points of georgian soldiers, head of Department of information and public relations of land forces colonel Igor Konashenkov said. 08.08.2008 22:35 Moscow Russian Red Cross started large-scale action for rendering aid to the victims in the military actions on the border of Georgia and South Ossetia. It was said by all-russian social organization Russian Red Cross. The camp for refugees is allocated near the border of North and South Ossetia, stoves, candles, blankets and clothes is delivering there. http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20080808223557.shtml 08.08.2008 23:42 Moscow The officials of Georgia decided to cancel the broadcasting of russian television from 9th August. The secretary of State Security Council of Georgia Alexander Lomaya said about it, Vesti channel says. http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20080808234202.shtml 08.08.2008 22:44:17 Tskhinvali Russian peacemakers are having the fight with georgian troops in southern part of Tskhinvali, Headquarters of collective forces for supporting a peace in the region of Georgian - Ossetian clash. Fire began after temporary silence that was keeping for few hours. The firing is proceeding with rifles and heavy weapon either. 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