RUSSIAN FORCES APPROACHING TSKHINVALI

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.08.2008 17:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian First Channel’s correspondent in South
Ossetia reported that South Ossetian troops launch a counteroffensive
and unblocked the Zarsk highway connecting the breakaway republic
with Russia, thus freeing the way for Russian forces.

Later, Russian tanks were shown moving along the highway.

Intensive shelling of Tskhinvali has been suspended, sources in South
Ossetia say.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that killings of Russian
citizens will not remain unpunished.