Russian has finally decided to halt the assault on Georgia and its people today as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev made the following statement, here from Breitbart:
However, just as you might be taking that sigh of relief, look at this trailer that Medvedev added:
Hard to say what finally caused the Russians to pull the plug but there is the scheduled trip by French President Sarkozy to help broker a truce for the South Ossetian area.
I think perhaps the real reason is that it was becoming obvious that the Russians couldn't contain the media coverage of this one-sided aggression anymore and those pictures of Georgian civilians bloodied and killed were start a wave (finally) of world outrage.
But as always, the Russians continue to be defiant as they said this:
"The security of our peacekeepers and civilians has been restored," Medvedev said in a nationally televised statement. "The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganized."
However, just as you might be taking that sigh of relief, look at this trailer that Medvedev added:
"If there are any emerging hotbeds of resistance or any aggressive actions, you should take steps to destroy them," he told his defense minister at a Kremlin meeting.
Hard to say what finally caused the Russians to pull the plug but there is the scheduled trip by French President Sarkozy to help broker a truce for the South Ossetian area.
I think perhaps the real reason is that it was becoming obvious that the Russians couldn't contain the media coverage of this one-sided aggression anymore and those pictures of Georgian civilians bloodied and killed were start a wave (finally) of world outrage.
But as always, the Russians continue to be defiant as they said this:
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow won't talk to President Mikhail Saakashvili and Saakashvili "better go."I guess what the Russians are saying in all of this is that the next time there is an uprising in Chechnya, the Russians will just turn away and let it take its course, right?
Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia Tuesday, saying it had punished Georgia and restored security for civilians and Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway South Ossetia region.
"The security of our peacekeepers and civilians has been restored," Medvedev said in a nationally televised statement. "The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganized."
At the same time, Medvedev ordered the military to quell any signs of Georgian resistance.
"If there are any emerging hotbeds of resistance or any aggressive actions, you should take steps to destroy them," he told his defense minister at a Kremlin meeting.
Russia's foreign minister, meanwhile, said that Georgia's president must leave office and Georgian troops should stay out of South Ossetia region for good.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow won't talk to President Mikhail Saakashvili and Saakashvili "better go."
The Russian statements came as French President Nicolas Sarkozy was heading to Moscow to negotiate an EU-brokered truce for the fierce conflict over the breakaway region.
Georgia launched an offensive late Thursday to regain control over South Ossetia, which has run its own affairs since 1992 and developed close ties with Russia. Russia sent in troops that fought Georgian forces and launched air raids over Georgian territory.
2 comments:
Aint much of a cease fire when one side is not only not shooting but hauling ass, and the other controls the skys and still bombs.
anonymous,
You're starting to piss me off a little here. Your Russian propagand doesn't fly around these parts and your little links and such don't even touch the fact that Russian tanks, troops, fighter jets and ships were mobilized in a matter of hours at the onset. There is no way that happened without a staging and plan in place.
The Georgian military response was to violence that started in South Ossetia - you want me to believe the Georgians would invite the Russian Bear into their land with a frontal attack on the Russian peacekeepers? This was a Russian set up, dude.
:Holger Danske
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