Russian invasion of Georgia photos
 

A Russian armored vehicle is seen driving past an old election poster showing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and reading, 'Say Yes to Peace and Stability' in Tskhinvali, capital of the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia.


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A South Ossetian man gestures as he holds a Russian and South Ossetian flag, as he stands in a damaged building in Tskhinvali, capital of the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia.

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A column of Russia's Grad (Hail) multiple rocket launch system enters central Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, August 12, 2008.


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Smoke from burning houses is seen as a Russian armored vehicle passes by the village of Kikhva, populated by ethnic Georgians, in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. A number of former Georgian communities near Tskhinvali have been abandoned, including a string just north of the capital of the breakaway region.


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Russian soldiers walk in a street in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia. But there is little evidence civilians were specifically targeted by Georgian troops, as Russia claims.



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Russian soldiers walk in a street in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia. But there is little evidence civilians were specifically targeted by Georgian troops, as Russia claims.


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Russian soldiers ride atop military vehicles in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia. But there is little evidence civilians were specifically targeted by Georgian troops, as Russia claims.



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Units of irregulars travel in military vehicles on the road between Gori and Tbilisi, south of Gori ,August 13, 2008. Russian troops have left the Georgian town of Gori near South Ossetia, but are not advancing towards the capital Tbilisi, Georgia's deputy interior minister said on Wednesday.



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A supporter of Russian-backed rebel regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia holds up a placard reading "Child killer Saakashvili, he killed 2,000 civilians in South Ossetia " during a demonstration in front of the Georgian Consulate in Istanbul. George W. Bush ordered Condoleezza Rice to France and Georgia in support of French-led plans to end the war between the former Soviet republic and Russia.



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Refugees from Georgian villages in South Ossetia drive to Tbilisi August 13, 2008. Russian troops have left the Georgian town of Gori near South Ossetia, but are not advancing towards the capital Tbilisi, Georgia's deputy interior minister said on Wednesday.


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The Georgian national flag with a black ribbon flies atop the presidential residence in Tbilisi as the country observes three days of mourning August 13, 2008. Russia and Georgia proclaimed a day of mourning on Wednesday for the dead in five days of fighting over separatist South Ossetia before difficult negotiations on the details of an EU-brokered peace plan.



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Police prevent protesters from presenting a coffin to the Russian consulate during a demonstration by the Georgian diaspora in Kiev August 13, 2008. European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Wednesday to send monitors to supervise a French-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Georgia in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.



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A soldier, part of a Russian military convoy, gestures as he travels on his way on a main road leading to the Georgian city of Zugdidi, which is about 350 km (220 miles) away from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, August 13, 2008. Russia will spend at least $400 million in 2008 on restoring South Ossetia's battered capital Tskhinvali, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.



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A view of what Russia's deputy chief of General Staff Col.-Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn alleges, is a seized Georgian military maps, is displayed during his news conference in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. According to Nogovitsyn the maps, which were captured by Russian paratroopers in an abandoned Georgian military vehicle in Abkhazia, depict Georgian plans to invade the separatist republic. Nogovitsyn said Wednesday Georgia planned to invade Abkhazia after the seizure of South Ossetia, but the Russian military buildup in Abkhazia wrecked the Georgian plan. Georgia insisted its troops had been driven out from Abkhazia by Russian forces.


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A woman is seen with a cart of her belongings, in a street in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Georgia and Russia have agreed to a cease-fire that calls for both country's forces to pull back to original positions, but it was unclear how long that repositioning could take.



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An UN soldier takes picture in his armoured vehicle parked on the roadside as a Russian military convoy travels on its way on a main road leading to the Georgian city of Zugdidi, which is about 350 km (220 miles) away from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, August 13, 2008. Georgia accused Russia on Wednesday of sending tanks from South Ossetia into the Georgian town of Gori but Russia issued a swift denial and an eyewitness said the town was empty.



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Soldiers, part of a Russian military convoy, travel on their way on a main road leading to the Georgian city of Zugdidi, which is about 350 km (220 miles) away from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, August 13, 2008. Georgia accused Russia on Wednesday of sending tanks from South Ossetia into the Georgian town of Gori but Russia issued a swift denial and an eyewitness said the town was empty.



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Tanks, part of a Russian military convoy, travel on their way on a main road leading to the Georgian city of Zugdidi, which is about 350 km (220 miles) away from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, August 13, 2008. Georgia accused Russia on Wednesday of sending tanks from South Ossetia into the Georgian town of Gori but Russia issued a swift denial and an eyewitness said the town was empty.



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A Georgian woman cries in front of her destroyed apartment building in the city of Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. An EU peace plan for Georgia and Russia struggled to take hold Wednesday, as the concept of having both sides retreat to their original positions ran into the stark reality of Russian dominance on the battlefield. By Wednesday morning, Georgia reported Russian tanks moving into its key central city of Gori outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia at the epicenter of fighting.



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A man, injured during the conflict in South Ossetia, sits on a hospital bed in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz August 13, 2008. Georgia accused Russia on Wednesday of sending tanks from South Ossetia into the Georgian town of Gori but Russia issued a swift, strong denial and an eyewitness said the town was empty.


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A South Ossetia fighter looks at a deceased person laying in a coffin at a make shift morgue, in Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia's capital on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province of South Ossetia. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed, but witnesses who fled the area over the weekend said hundreds had died.



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A South Ossetia fighter stands next to coffins at a makeshift morgue in a destroyed hospital, in Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia's capital, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province of South Ossetia. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed, but witnesses who fled the area over the weekend said hundreds had died.


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Physicians treat an injured man in a Russian Emergencies Ministry's field hospital in Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia's capital on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province of South Ossetia. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed, but witnesses who fled the area over the weekend said hundreds had died.



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A physicians treats an injured man in a Russian Emergencies Ministry's field hospital, in Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia's capital on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province of South Ossetia. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed, but witnesses who fled the area over the weekend said hundreds had died.



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A Russian military convoy travels on its way on a main road leading to the Georgian city of Zugdidi, which is about 350 km (220 miles) away from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, August 13, 2008. Russia and Georgia proclaimed a day of mourning on Wednesday for the dead in five days of fighting over separatist South Ossetia before difficult negotiations on the details of an EU-brokered peace plan.



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Russian soldiers ride atop an armored vehicle through a street in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. A destroyed tank is seen in the foreground. Georgia and Russia have agreed to a cease-fire that calls for both country's forces to pull back to original positions, but it was unclear how long that repositioning could take.



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Smoke is seen as a private house burns during the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia on the outskirts of South Ossetia's capital of Tskhinvali August 12, 2008.



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Two soldiers sit on top of a Russian armoured vehicle as they drive to Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia, August 12, 2008.



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Georgian policemen retain refugees from South Ossetia outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on August 10. Georgian government websites have been under intense cyber attack on top of the Russian military strikes launched against the country late last week, a US Internet firm said Tuesday.



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An old man walks past a burnt Georgian tank in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, August 12, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a cease fire in Georgia on Tuesday, but U.S. officials could not confirm fighting had stopped and threatened Moscow's membership in important global clubs.



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Rockets for Russia's Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launch systems arrive in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia, August 12, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a cease fire in Georgia on Tuesday, but U.S. officials could not confirm fighting had stopped and threatened Moscow's membership in important global clubs.



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A Russian Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launch system moves on its way to Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia, August 12, 2008.



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A Georgian man sits next to a destroyed building in the village of Ruisi near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The Georgian government said that Ruisi and another village were hit by Russian forces who have been active for several days in the region since Georgia launched an offensive to retake South Ossetia on Thursday.



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A Georgian man inspects a destroyed building in the village of Ruisi near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Three villagers were killed and five wounded five after a Russian air raid Tuesday morning, residents said. The Georgian government said that Ruisi and another village were hit by Russian forces who have been active for several days in the region since Georgia launched an offensive to retake South Ossetia on Thursday.



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Relatives of Amiran Vardzelashvili mourn in the village of Ruisi, near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Three villagers were killed and five wounded after a Russian air raid Tuesday morning, residents said.



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Georgians look at a projectile in the village of Ruisi, near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Three villagers were killed and five wounded after a Russian air raid Tuesday morning, residents said.



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A woman watches as a Russian armoured vehicle drives through the village of Dzhava in South Ossetia, August 11, 2008.



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Russian soldiers sit atop military vehicles on a road from Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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A Russian officer walks past a damaged administrative building in downtown Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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Russian soldiers on top of an armored vechicle enter Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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Russian soldiers sit in a truck in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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Armed Ossetians walk along a street in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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Russian soldiers hide behind a damaged house, as one of them aims a shoulder rocket launcher at a Georgian jet fighter in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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Russian soldiers on top of an APC pass by a burning house on the way to Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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Russian tanks enter Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.



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A Russian soldier walks in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Fighting raged Monday around Tskhinvali, the region's capital. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces halfway across the small Western-allied nation. Medvedev said in on national television that the military had punished Georgia enough for its attack on South Ossetia. Georgia launched an offensive late Thursday to regain control over the separatist Georgian province, which has close ties to Russia.



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Russian army soldiers Pvt. Vladimir Litvinov, front, and Robert Simonian listen to a doctor at the Central Military Hospital in Rostov-on-Don - about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Moscow on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Both soldiers were wounded during an assault of Russian forces on Tskhinvali the capital of South Ossetia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday.



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An Ossetian soldier undergoes surgery in the basement of a destroyed hospital in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Fighting raged Monday around Tskhinvali, the region's capital. Russia also launched new air raids across Georgia, with at least one sending screaming civilians running for cover.



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Unidentified people in camouflage uniform stand near the body of a Georgian soldier in Tskhinvali, capital of the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Fighting raged Monday around Tskhinvali. Russia also launched new air raids across Georgia, with at least one sending screaming civilians running for cover.



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An Ossetian soldier uses a mobile phone as he walks near a destroyed tank in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Fighting raged Monday around Tskhinvali. Russia also launched new air raids across Georgia, with at least one sending screaming civilians running for cover.



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Russian soldier uses a shoulder rocket launcher in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Fighting raged Monday around Tskhinvali. Russia also launched new air raids across Georgia, with at least one sending screaming civilians running for cover.



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South Ossetian troops engage Georgian soldiers in the South Ossetia town of Kurta. International efforts to mediate an end to the conflict between Georgia and Russia were set to intensify Tuesday, but Moscow signalled it opposes a peace plan calling for an immediate truce.



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A Georgian man mourned a dead relative in the town of Gori, which was hit by Russian bombs, according to residents.


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Georgian soldier near ruined tank.


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