Time line: Georgia-Ossetia armed conflict, August 8
23:25 GMT – Georgia resumes intensive shelling of Tskhinvali's residential quarters.
22:50 GMT – Heavy shelling reported in Tskhinvali.
22:00 GMT – Georgia resumes intensive fire on residential areas in Tskhinvali, the Peacekeepers' commander says, reports TASS news agency.
21:27 GMT – South Ossetia's military have downed a Georgian attack plane, the Russian Vesti television channel reports. The fall of the blazing plane was videotaped. The fate of the pilot remains unknown.
21:25 GMT – Georgia announces plans to withdraw half of its peacekeeping contingent in Iraq because of the South Ossetian crisis.
21:22 GMT – South Ossetia is fully in control of Tskhinvali, but Georgia is making attempts to retake the city, accordign to the self-proclaimed republic's official spokeswoman Irina Gagloyeva.
20:36 GMT – The UN Security Council has begun closed-door consultations to discuss the situation in South Ossetia. The meeting, initiated by Georgia, is the second in 24 hours.
20:25 GMT – Georgia asks US to put pressure on Russia to “stop the armed aggression” in South Ossetia
19:19 GMT – Twelve Russian peacekeepers killed and 50 injured in South Ossetia, according to Russian Army Assistant Commander Col. Igor Konashenkov.
19:08 GMT – President Dmitry Medvedev says: “Russia is taking adequate military and political measures to put an end to violence in South Ossetia.”
18:56 GMT – The breakaway region’s government says Tskhinvali is fully under South Ossetian control, but fighting over one of the city's districts is continuing.
18:36 GMT – Russian Emergencies Ministry plane has taken off from Moscow region. It will deliver a mobile hospital to North Ossetia to help refugees from the south.
18:31 GMT – South Ossetian armed units deployed near Tskhinvali have started firing at Georgian military positions, according to Georgian media.
17:48 GMT – Georgia admits up to 30 causalities on its side during the offensive.
17:35 GMT – In a televised address, Georgian President Saakashvili claims Georgia ‘controls Tskhinvali and most South Ossetian villages and regions.
17:22 GMT – Hundreds of volunteers enter South Ossetia from Russian territory.
17:20 GMT – South Ossetia calls on the world to ‘stop the genocide’ in the region and recognise its independence.
17:03 GMT – Ossetian leader Kokoity says 1,400 people were killed in Friday's confrontation.
16:55 GMT – Georgia withdraws half of its troops from Iraq.
16:46 GMT – Thousands of people continue to flee the violence in South Ossetia. Most of the refugees are sheltered by their relatives in North Ossetia.
16:32 GMT – Abkhazian troops vow to march on towards the border with Georgia regardless of developments in South Ossetia.
16:14 GMT – Russian Air Force denies bombing a Georgian military base.
15:50 GMT – Russian troops will suppress any fire from Georgian forces aimed at South Ossetia, warns Russia’s Defence Ministry.
15:14 GMT – Russia bans flights to and from Georgia, starting at midnight on Friday.
15:03 GMT – UN Security council to discuss the situation in South Ossetia on Friday night at 19:00 GMT.
14:52 GMT – Shootings cease in Tskhivali as people check damages.
14:35 GMT – Ossetian authorities report more then a thousand dead in Tskhinvali.
14:23 GMT – Mass fires reported in Tskhinvali.
1410 GMT – South Ossetian President Kokoyti announces the breakaway republic’s troops are driving Georgian forces away.
14:05 GMT – Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Tskhinvali, according to South Ossetian President Kokoyti.
14:01 GMT – Georgian Foreign Ministry calls on the world community to make Russia ‘understand, that invading a sovereign state is unacceptable’.
13:43 GMT – President Medvedev orders Prime Minister, Emergencies Minister and Interior Minister to organise humanitarian aid for South Ossetia.
13:25 GMT – Russian Defence Ministry accuses Georgian troops of shooting at peacekeepers and civilians and denying them medical help.
13:21 GMT – Russian Defence Ministry confirms more then 10 Russian peacekeepers have been killed in South Ossetia on Friday and 30 others wounded.
13:16 GMT – Saakashvili accuses Russia of ‘waging a war’ against Georgia, asks for U.S. support.
12:57 GMT – International community must stop turning a blind eye on mass arms purchases by Georgia, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
12:55 GMT – Russian FM Sergey Lavrov accuses Georgia of ethnical cleansing in Ossetian villages.
12:37 GMT – “If Russia indeed sent its troops to Georgian territory, it means we are at war with Russia,” said head of Georgian national security council.
12:34 GMT – Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin calls on the alliance’s member states not to support Saakashvili.
12:31 GMT – Georgian Parliament speaker David Bargadze accuses Russia of ‘military aggression’, and threatens to use ‘all means necessary to protect the country’s sovereignty’.
12:22 GMT – Germany’s leader Angela Merkel calls for an immediate end to the use of force.
12:19 GMT – Tskhinvali residents emerge from shelters after a lull in fighting, report Ossetian peacekeepers. The city is short of water and electricity has been cut in many areas. Telephone communications are difficult.
12:13 GMT – Georgia accuses Russia of bombing its military base near Tbilisi.
12:04 GMT – Russia’s Defence Ministry announces it has sent peacekeeping reinforcements to South Ossetia
11:57 GMT – Peacekeepers report South Ossetians destroy several Georgian tanks, re-take Tskhinvali.
11:41 GMT – Russian communists and liberal democrats call for State Duma meeting to discuss the situation in South Ossetia.
11:33 GMT – South Ossetia reports that Russian armoured vehicles have entered Tskhinvali.
11:25 GMT – Tskhinvali ‘completely destroyed’ after massive shelling by Gerogian troops, reports head of peacekeeping force.
11:17 GMT – Georgia gives South Ossetians three hours to surrender.
11:12 GMT – International Red Cross Committee is ‘deeply concerned’ with the humanitarian situation in South Ossetia.
11:02 GMT – PACE will support any effort to resolve the conflict in South Ossetia peacefully.
10:59 GMT – South Ossetia accuses Georgian hackers of attacking its Information Ministry’s website.
10:58 GMT – Russia will not allow the death of its citizens go unpunished, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
10:56 GMT – Wounded people from South Ossetia start arriving to North Ossetian hospitals.
10:45 GMT – Keeping volunteers away from South Ossetia ‘will be difficult’, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who’s visiting China for the opening of the Olympics
10:33 GMT – Georgia announces a three-hour ceasefire starting from 11:00 GMT to let civilians out of the conflict zone.
10:26 GMT – Transdniester may allow volunteers to fight in South Ossetia, says region’s Foreign Ministry.
10:23 GMT – Peacekeepers ask Abkhazia not to send its troops into the demilitarized zone.
09:53 GMT – British Foreign Office calls on the two sides to stop military actions and resume negotiations.
09:36 GMT – Georgia’s aggression gives the Russian Parliament a ‘serious reason’ to recognise South Ossetia’s independence, says chair of Federation Council Sergey Mironov.
09:21 GMT – NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer calls for an immediate to violence in South Ossetia.
09:05 GMT – Russian Defence Ministry says it won’t let Georgia harm peacekeepers and Russian citizens.
08:32 GMT – The European Commission’s head of foreign policy tells Mikhail Saakashvili to do everything necessary to stop violence in South Ossetia.
08:18 GMT – Firefight spreads to Tskhinvali streets, reports head of peacekeeping force.
07:49 GMT –Emergencies Ministry ready to evacuate Russian citizens from South Ossetia if ordered to.
07:44 GMT – Abkhazian forces move to border with Georgia and concentrate near the demilitarised zone.
07:44 GMT – Mikhail Saakasvili says Russia has launched a full-scale military operation against Georgia.
07:20 GMT – Georgian Minister of Reintegration asks the international community to stop putting pressure on Tbilisi and help find a compromise.
07:02 GMT – Russian Migration Service ready to deal with refugees from South Ossetia.
06:51 GMT – UN Security Council fails to approve a Russia-sponsored ceasefire call.
06:17 GMT – Firefight intensifies at Tskhinvali outskirts, says South Ossetian President Kokoyti.
05:57 GMT – Georgia pledges to pardon South Ossetian leadership and invest $US 35 million into the region
05:28 GMT – North Ossetia prepares for the arrival of more than 2,000 refugees
05:01 GMT – South Ossetia asks Russia for protection and to help it stop the bloodshed
04:13 GMT – Georgian troops resume attack on the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali.
