Русская версияA second emergency session of the UN Security Council on the crisis
in the breakaway territory of Georgia South Ossetia is underway,
just 12 hours after an initial session.
The meeting was called amid
more heavy fighting between Georgian and Russian forces. Russia's
UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin accused Georgia of targeting Russian
peacekeepers, a claim his Georgian counterpart Irakli Alasania
rejected, telling the 15-nation council Tbilisi was defending
itself against Russian agression. A fresh report says Russian
warplanes have bombed the Georgian port of Poti and a military
base. Moscow has confirmed that it sent troops into the region
following an offensive by Georgian forces. Georgia's pro-Western
president Mikhail Saakashvili claims that his forces control most
of the disputed territory, including its main city, Tskhinvali.
Official sources say 30 Georgians, mostly soldiers, have been
killed. Russia says ten of its servicemen have been killed. The
French European Union presidency says the EU, the Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe and the United States are
sending a joint delegation to seek a ceasefire.
(Deutsche Welle)
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