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The Russian military occupation of the area of Poti made the West anxious. [28] On 24 August, with Russian troops still within the port of Poti, a US warship with humanitarian assistance docked in Batumi, [29] 80 km (50 mi) south of Poti, [30] and two more warships were expected to arrive.
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]
A group of Russian Marines of the Black Sea Fleet landed in the Georgian port city in late October 1993 to protect an important railway between Poti and the Georgian capital Tbilisi. In November clashes between the Russians and the Zviadists erupted, with the Russian Major General Boris Djukov, claiming no Russian casualties.
The presence of Russian troops in the port of Poti was not confirmed by the same official. [11] On early 12 August 2008, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced he would cease Russian military campaign. In an hour after this announcement, Poti was apparently bombed. Russian forces marched in Poti and took up positions
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
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 ...
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.
On 10 August 2008, RIA Novosti – quoting a source in the Russian Navy headquarters – reported that Russian warships had appeared at the maritime border with Georgia. . According to the source, the vessel Moskva and other ships departed from Sevastopol, would meet three large landing ships from Sevastopol and Novorossiysk already present in the eastern part of the Black