Georgia begins war to retake South Ossetia

Georgian forces have launched a massive military offensive to take control of its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Fighter planes and heavy artillery are bombarding the capital Tskhinvali and fighting is raging in the outskirts. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has begun an emergency debate on the situation after a request from Russia.

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News & Politics

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• Georgia
• war
• breakaway
• republic
• South
• Ossetia
• Tskhinvali
• military
• offensive

[Ossetians]

Georgia never won anybody. They are too week and coward and lying. Always lookig for a thicker sponsor and betraying the previous one.

[BasanTX]

GO RUSSIAN FEDERATION!!!!!!

[detteerenhest]

Wow that's amazingly stupid... all the pro-war comments are too. Why can't people understand that war shit is now reserved to cool ass video games, fps russia vids and waiting for zombie apocalypse. Otherwise, non-violence is OBVIOUSLY the way to go for these kind of occupation.

[lashatotladze]

@MacPherson97 :

sure ... if russia has 1 million soldiers georgia has 30 000 :))))))) but in russian 58th army were 55 000 soldiers and had twice more technique than georgians, in 3 days fighting almost whole parts of 58th army was destroyd, thats why they attacked from other part abkhazia, thats why they sent all their airplanes and bombed us with "iskanmder" missles. believe me or not...:)))

but in future when georgia will bomb moscow with nuclear bombs than we would see s.osethia or moscow?

[MacPherson97]

@lashatotladze you are wrong im sorry i come from scotland but even we would admit russia is just to powerful to think you can win against you must be increadably niaeve to think that you could beat them...if russia concentrated all its forces on georgia......you would be very lucky if you were to survive

[ioanpena]

russian peacekeepers? maybe russian occupation. Is like putting wolfves to guard the sheap. RUSSIAN ARMY OUT OF MOLDOVA NOW!!!

[mio1352]

And now ask yourself: Is this channel different form the American news channels?

Not really, as they present pro-American propaganda in their news. For example, western news channels and diaries said tha "Russia invaded Georgia", when that was not the truth....

[moonbison]

According to a variety of sources such as Der Spiegel and Reporters Without Borders, the channel presents pro-Kremlin propaganda. Russia Today staff have nonetheless claimed that their coverage was "fair and balanced."

During the 2008 South Ossetia War Russia Today correspondent William Dunbar resigned saying "[t]he real news, the real facts of the matter, didn't conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn't let me report it."

[moonbison]

According to a variety of sources such as Der Spiegel and Reporters Without Borders, the channel presents pro-Kremlin propaganda. Russia Today staff have nonetheless claimed that their coverage was "fair and balanced."

During the 2008 South Ossetia War Russia Today correspondent William Dunbar resigned saying "[t]he real news, the real facts of the matter, didn't conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn't let me report it."

[devv1989]

why would georgia think it was a good idea to attack such a powerful country? makes me think they didn't attack it at all :s, but russia just claims they did? i don't know.. it seems like the falklands war all over again, argentina thinking it could ever win against impossible odds ?

[dx527]

Go Russia!