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Under intense international pressure to withdraw, the Russian commander in the Caucasus, General Vyachislav Borisov, initially said his troops had begun a pull-out from the South Ossetian city of Tskhinvali. The Russian defense ministry later denied the report. Earlier, US President George W. Bush welcomed Russia's acceptance of a ceasefire agreement brokered by France, but said there could be no debate about Georgia's sovereignty over its breakaway regions. Meanwhile, Georgia says Abkhazian militias and Russian army units are still occupying more than a dozen Georgian villages.
(Deutsche Welle)
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