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The New York Times reported that seven civilians had died in Poti from Russian bombing about a week ago. [20] The White House demanded the return of captured US vehicles from Russia. [22] On 20 August, a claim was made by an official from the Poti port that the Russian military had withdrawn after destroying a vessel and capturing military ...
Russia positioned ships in the vicinity of Poti and other Georgian ports on 10 August 2008. [214] The next day, Georgian and Russian representatives said that Russian troops were in Poti. However, Russia claimed it had only sent a task force for surveying the area. [221] On 13 August, six Georgian watercraft were sunk by Russian troops in Poti ...
Own work, derivate of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.svg by Viewsridge & Dnipropetrovsk-poltava oblast occupation.png by Danielg532. Oblast/Raion Borders Source: OpenStreetMap; Territorial Control Sources: Template:Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map / Template:Russo-Ukrainian War detailed relief map; ISW; Author: Physeters: Other versions: SVG Maps
Georgiy Pobedonosets on exercises in the Barents Sea Alexander Shabalin. Most of the ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.They were used for landing troops at the Georgian port of Poti during the Russo-Georgian War and for deliveries of cargo during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war.
Russian conquest of Central Asia; Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia (1914–1915) Russian occupation of Gotland; Russian occupation of Tabriz; Russian occupations of Beirut; Russian-occupied territories in Georgia
On 15 August 2008, Russian forces advancing towards Tbilisi blew up the railway bridge near Kaspi, about 50 km (31 mi) from the Georgian capital. The cement factory and civilian area in Kaspi were also damaged by Russian bombing. [9] The destruction of the railway bridge sabotaged the east-west link of Georgia and Armenia's main trade route. [10]
The White House described the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site as “incredibly alarming and gravely concerning,” in keeping with its broader condemnation of the ...
May 7: Dmitry Medvedev becomes President of Russia. May 24: Dima Bilan wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia; August 7–16: Russia–Georgia war; August 8–11: Battle of Tskhinvali; August 9–12: Battle of the Kodori Valley; August 9/10: Battle off the coast of Abkhazia; August 9–19: Occupation of Poti; August 13–22 ...