Georgia has ordered its forces to cease fire in the breakaway region of South Ossetia and offered to immediately begin talks with Russia to end hostilities.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry reportedly handed a notification to the Russian embassy in Tbilisi that its armed forces were ceasing military actions. There Georgia and South Ossetia rebels agree ceasefire ...
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Russia warns Georgia over troop detention ... has not yet been any official Russian response to the Georgian offer to begin talks. Russian media confirmed that the note had been received but also claimed that fighting had not yet ceased in the area. Earlier on Sunday, Georgia said its troops had retreated from South Ossetia and that Russian forces were now in control of its capital Tskhinvali. The fighting in Georgia's breakaway province broke out on Friday after Georgian troops launched an operation to take control of Tskhinvali. Russia responded by sending additional troops to support the separatists in South Ossetia and Russian fighter jets also bombed Georgian targets outside the conflict zone, including several towns.
(Deutsche Welle)
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