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標題:Georgia: Attacks continuing despite Russia halt claim

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that
he had ordered an end to military operations against Georgia, but Tbilisi
reported more attacks after the statement was made.

Medvedev's announcement came minutes before French President Nicolas Sarkozy
was to land in Moscow to negotiate terms for a possible cease-fire.

"I have reached a decision to halt the operation to force the Georgian
authorities to peace," Medvedev said. "The aggressor has been punished and
has incurred very significant losses. Its armed forces are disorganized."

"The statement on the halt of the military action by Russia is the news we
had expected. It's good news," Sarkozy said later, according to an Interfax
report.

The decision would end five days of fighting that began in Georgia's
breakaway region of South Ossetia.

The Georgian government claimed that despite Medvedev's announcement, Russian
warplanes struck two villages and military forces bombed an ambulance outside
the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

In the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, thousands of citizens engaged in a
pro-Georgian rally in front of the parliament building.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accused Russia of provoking the
war to justify a full-scale invasion of the former Soviet state. The Russians
say Saakashvili attacked first in an attempt to gain control of South Ossetia.

Earlier Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said it wanted a
demilitarized zone to be created in Georgian territory before a cease-fire
could take effect.

The zone had to be big enough to prevent Georgia's military from again
attacking the breakaway province, Lavrov said.

Russian troops who were already in the breakaway province on peacekeeping
duty should remain, Lavrov explained, but Georgian troops who were part of
that force should not return.

He said it would be best if Saakashvili stepped down as Georgia's leader --
something the president has vowed not to do -- but that Russia is not
demanding his resignation.

"We have no plans to throw down any leadership," Lavrov said. "It is not part
of our culture. It is not what we do."

However, Lavrov said Moscow did not trust the country's leadership.

He said Saakashvili's "barbaric and brutal action" had undermined trust in
Georgia.

On Monday Saakashvili signed the cease-fire proposal after meeting the
Finnish and French foreign ministers.

Meanwhile, the Russian military advanced further into Georgia overnight,
heading toward cities outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

From the flashpoint South Ossetia, the Russian military moved south toward
the central Georgia city of Gori, Georgia said. Russia said its troops were
on the outskirts of the city.

A CNN crew in Gori saw Georgian forces piling into trucks and leaving the
city at high speed.

Gori lies along Georgia's main east-west highway, and is an important site
for Georgia's communication systems.

Russian troops were also in Senaki, in western Georgia, having advanced from
the breakaway area of Abkhazia, Russian and Georgian officials said.

Georgia's security chief Alexander Lomaia said Tuesday that Russian troops
had left Senaki but remained on the outskirts of Zugdidi and around Gori, The
Associated Press reported.

Lomaia said Russian aircraft bombed Gori on Tuesday morning, targeting
administrative buildings and a street market in the center, AP reported.

A Dutch cameraman was killed on Tuesday morning in an incident in Gori, the
Dutch Foreign Ministry confirmed. He was identified as Stan Storimans, of RTL
TV. The correspondent who accompanied him was also injured. There were no
immediate details about the incident.

Georgia, a pro-Western ally of the U.S., is intent on asserting its authority
over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, both of which have strong Russian-backed
separatist movements.

The situation in South Ossetia escalated rapidly from Thursday night, when
Georgia said it launched an operation into the region after artillery fire
from separatists killed 10 people. It accused Russia of backing the
separatists.

South Ossetia, which has a population of about 70,000, is inside Georgia but
has an autonomous government. Many South Ossetians support unification with
North Ossetia, which would make them part of Russia.

Russia supports the South Ossetian government, has given passports to many in
South Ossetia, and calls them Russian citizens.



新聞來源:                                 (需有正確連結)

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/12/georgia.russia.war/index.html

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