TBILISI, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Monday that the Russian military has blocked a central highway linking east and west Georgia.
Russia troops entered the main part of Georgia’s territory earlier on Monday, as Russia continued its peace enforcement operation to prevent further Georgian incursions into breakaway South Ossetia.
Saakashvili said in press briefing at the Georgian Security Council: “This evening they [Russian troops] managed to reach the central highway and cut off eastern Georgia from the country’s west.”
He compared the situation to 1921, when Soviet forces entered Georgia.
Well, except for the tunnel...which has helped the Russians immensely...they are probably using a lot of the same manuever warfare tactics in terms of where to go, what to block, and what ground to hold.