Русская версияHeavy fighting has broken out between Georgia and its breakaway
region of South Ossetia.
Georgia's Interior Minister has reportedly
told the Agence France Presse news agency that his country has
launched an attack and that clashes are taking place near the
Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali. The Associated Press is reporting
that Tskhinvali has come under heavy fire. Hours earlier, the two
sides agreed to a ceasefire following a week of mounting clashes.
They were scheduled to hold Russian mediated talks later on Friday.
The United States has expressed great concern over the situation
and urged an immediate end to all violence. South Ossetia broke
from Georgian control during a war in the early 1990s, the rebel
government enjoys support from Moscow.
(Deutsche Welle)
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