Russian invasion of Georgia photos

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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.








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.

[David]

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.








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.








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.








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.







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.

[David]

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.








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.






Georgian soldier near ruined tank.