FIRING IN TSKHINVALI HUSHES, RESIDENTS FEAR NIGHT ASSAULTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.08.2008 21:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Residents of Tskhinvali come out of the basement
where they were hiding from Georgian shelling. Firings hushed. There
is no electricity, water and gas. South Ossetian Defense Ministry
officials say Georgian military abandoned the territory and people
are searching for wounded.

"We should first of all do something to help those in the city
hospital. It’s still unclear what happened to the people. Many have
lost their homes. People fear that the assault will be resumed at
night. There is no panic but shock," a man said, Vesti reports.

On the eve on the Olympic Games in Beijing, Georgia launched an
intrusion into South Ossetia. Civilians and Russian peacekeepers were
killed and wounded.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the assault "a grave violation
of the international law" and said the deaths of the Russian citizens
will not go unpunished.

Russian forces were sent to support peacekeepers. Staff headed by
Russian army land forces commander Vladimir Boldyrev was established
in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia.