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.
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.