Russia has intensified attacks on Georgia on Monday, ignoring appeals for a ceasefire.
Georgia's foreign ministry said Russian warplanes carried out fresh bombing raids inside Georgia after taking control of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. Europe is leading diplomatic efforts to end the conflict with the French and Finnish foreign ministers holding talks in Tbilisi on Monday ahead of a meeting with Georgia calls South Ossetia ceasefire, offers talks to Russia ...
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Tensions flare on Georgian borders ... Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on Tuesday. The European Union-backed plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, medical access to victims, controlled withdrawals of troops on both sides and eventual political talks. US President George W. Bush, Georgia's strongest western ally, told Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the Russian offensive was "unacceptable". Meanwhile, Russian troops have issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia has rejected the demand. The Red Cross says so far more than 40,000 people have fled their homes in Georgia.
(Deutsche Welle)
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