What are the real loss of the Russian army in Georgia?
As a result of fighting in the Tskhinvali region of Russia’s 58 army has lost 1,789 soldiers, 105 tanks and 81 fighting vehicles, 45 armored personnel carriers, 10 devices “Grad” and 5 devices “Smerch”.
The War We Don’t Know
By Mark Ames
Five days after Georgia invaded and seized the breakaway separatist region of South Ossetia, sparking a larger-scale Russian invasion to drive Georgian forces back and punish their leaders, Russia surprised its Western detractors by calling a halt to the country’s offensive. After all, the mainstream media, egged on by hawkish neocon pundits and their candidate John McCain, had everyone believing that Russia was hellbent on the full-scale annihilation and annexation of democratic Georgia.
Swarms of Russian jets bomb Georgian targets
TBILISI, Georgia – Swarms of Russian jets launched new raids on Georgian territory Monday and Georgia faced the threat of a second front of fighting as Russia demanded that Georgia disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia.