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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 12 > Russia steps up offensive

Russia steps up offensive

Georgia falls back from key city, ready to defend capital

By Peter Finn / The Bulletin
August 12, 2008

GORI, Georgia — Russia escalated its war in Georgia again Monday, sending troops and tanks out of friendly separatist enclaves to stage the first major invasion of undisputed Georgian territory. One armored column seized a town and major military base in the west of Georgia, while....

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