Just as we have plans for interventions, so do the Russians. When Georgia increased tension in South Ossetia, Russia moved the 58th army into location near the Roki tunnel on August 4th.
When Georgian forces pulled back tensions eased.
Georgian President Saakashvili gave a speech Wednesday evening at 7:10, promising a cease fire and stating Georgia would not be provoked. OSCE peace talks were planned for the next day, the 8th. Before the day was over, Georgia had launched an all out surprise attack on South Ossetia, including the indiscriminate shelling of Tskhinvali with highly inaccurate Grad MLRS rockets. (HRW has condemned Georgia for these attacks on civilian areas.)
The Russian 58th army move through the Roki tunnel into South Osseta around 5:30 on the 8th.
The rest is history.
I’m just curious. How do you think the US Army would respond if they get reports that several dozens of their peacekeepers were killed while trying to prevent bloodshed in a conflict zone?
Thats some quick response time for Russia. The web attacks also preceded the invasion. The world isn't going to buy the soviet propaganda. There is too much information available now days.
http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5321&Itemid=65
# Aug. 7, 10:30 p.m.: South Ossetia breaks a cease-fire agreement with Georgia, according to the secretary of the Georgian National Security Council, Kakha Lomaia. Lomaia said the “separatists opened fire at the two Georgian villages of Prisi and Tamarasheni.”
# Approximately 11:55 p.m.: An aide to the commander of Russia’s peacekeeping forces tells Interfax in an interview that South Ossetia’s capital city, Tskhinvali, is being shelled from GRAD-type multiple rocket launchers.
# Aug. 8, midnight: A defense ministry official from Georgia says that Georgia has decided to “restore constitutional order to the entire region” of South Ossetia.
# 1:47 a.m.: Interfax reports that “hundreds” of volunteers from Russia and Abkhazia are heading to South Ossetia to join the separatists fighting Tbilisi.
# 1:53 a.m.: Reports are received that Georgian troops and tanks are outside Tskhinvali.
# 1:59 a.m.: Leaders of Georgia’s other separatist region, Abkhazia, convene the region’s military council.
# 2:03 a.m.: The United States urges Russia to press South Ossetia to “stop fire.”
# 2:06 a.m.: Reports are received that Russian forces are moving through the Roki Tunnel to South Ossetia.
Yet another little thug Vladdie boy troll. Do Russians ever do anything EXCEPT lie?