Georgia-South Ossetia crisis timeline – 17 August
Published: 17 August, 2008, 19:59
A destroyed building in Tskhinvali (AFP photo / Dmitry Kostyukov)
20:03 GMT – On Monday Abkhazia is starting to form frontier posts at a border with Georgia in the Kodori Gorge, according to Abkhazian Deputy Defence Minister Harry Kupalba.
18:26 GMT – Italy has sent a plane with humanitarian aid to Tbilisi.
01:36 GMT – Georgia has launched criminal cases against presidents of breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia – Eduard Kokoity and Sergey Bagapsh.
17.08.2008, 17:15
Obama & McCain unite over Georgian conflictThe U.S. presidential candidates have been weighing in with their opinion of the conflict in Georgia. While Barack Obama and John McCain disagree on almost everything else, they seem to have found common ground in the Caucasus. But the U.S. electorate is |
17.08.2008, 21:01
Georgian arms found in breakaway AbkhaziaAbkhazian military officials claim to have found Georgian arms, despite denials from Tbilisi that its troops ever entered the breakaway region. Abkhazia says the military equipment was left behind when Georgian troops wi |
