Russia moves to end Georgia fighting

Aug 12 (0635 EDT/1135 BST) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia after five days of fighting.

 

Russia’s conditional peace
Sarkozy in Moscow
Georgia retreats from Gori
Tbilisi under guard
Andrew Potter reports.


Russia moves to end Georgia fighting

questions

  1. Who does the burned out vehicle belong to?
  2. What have they been forced to do?
  3. What might be at an end?
  4. When did fighting begin?
  5. Who were the Georgians trying to ‘put down’?
  6. What made the Georgians move back?
  7. How are the streets of Tblisi described?
  8. How has Georgia’s President’s gamble in South Ossetia been described?
  9. Who is now in control of South Ossetia?
  10. What may be much more difficult that imagined?

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