Archive for August 15th, 2008
Digest: Human Rights Watch: Russian Cluster Bombs Kill Civilians
(Tbilisi, August 15, 2008) – Human Rights Watch researchers have uncovered evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas in Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and injuring dozens, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called upon Russia to immediately stop using cluster bombs, weapons so dangerous to civilians that more than 100 nations have agreed to ban their use. →
Digest: South Ossetia Conflict Holds Lessons for Kyiv
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS: By Steven Pifer
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 1998-2000.
Senior Advisor, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFL-RL)
Washington, D.C., Friday, August 15, 2008
Public Initiative: “Army of Liars”
On Saturday, August 16 2008, from 18 till 19 pm dramatized march “Army of Liars” will take place in the center of Kyiv. Participants aim to attract Ukrainian and international public attention to the problem of disinformation in highlighting of the war in Georgia by Russian mass media. →
News: Release of the Georgian Government (August, 15)
15 August
09:30 21 Military Tracks full of Russian military begane movement from Senaki towards Poti port.
09:20 71st regiment of 42nd division of 58th Army of Russia moved from Tskhinvalu to Ergneti heading towards Gori.
09:00 Human Rights Watch researchers have uncovered evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs (banned by 107 nations) in populated areas in Georgia during the air attacks from 6th of August, killing at least 11 civilians and injuring dozens, Human Rights Watch said today.
08:00 Russian troops consisting of 14 armored vehicle and 4 tracks left Senaki and moved in the direction of the second largest town of Georgia Kutaisi. Currently they are at Abashis Tskali river, 40 kms west from Kutaisi and 10 kms west from Samtredia - the main railway and highway crossroad in western Georgia.
14 August
23:50 Lootings and abuses of local civilians are reported from Russian occupied villages of Ruisi Gori district and Mokhisi Khashuri district.
22:10 Russian troops moving from Zugdidi passed Senaki and continued movement towards the east deep in Georgian Territory.
21:20 About 100 armored vehicles and tracks of Russian army began movement from Zugdidi towards Senaki. By 20:05 Russian troops reached Senaki. Another wave of lootings is expected.
Photos: Russian & Ossetian “peacekeeping” mission
Заява: Коментар Прес-служби МЗС України про події в Грузії
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Ukrainian - Українська.
Video: Pillages in Georgia
This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Russian - Русский.
Public Initiative: Appeal of the Georgian Community in the UK
Dear Friends,
Over the past days, the international community has been witness to Russia’s uncovered aggression towards its neighboring country, Georgia. Under the cover of peace enforcement operations, Russia has been leading military attacks against Georgia by bombing the country’s critical infrastructures such as pipelines, ports, bridges, factories, and education centres, by looting and terrifying civilians on recently invaded Georgian territories and causing numerous casualties. →
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Georgia’s UN hearing
The U.N.’s highest court has scheduled three days of hearings next month about Georgia’s request to order Russia to stop attacks on ethnic Georgians. →
Analitycs: The New York Times: No Cold War, but Big Chill
CRAWFORD, Tex. — “The cold war is over,” President Bush declared Friday, but a new era of enmity between the United States and Russia has emerged nevertheless. It may not be as tense as the nuclear standoff with the Soviet Union, for now, but it could become as strained. →