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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.
The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, [note 3] was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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]
Russia Georgia: Battle off the coast of Abkhazia: 2008 Russia Georgia: Occupation of Poti: 2008 Russia Georgia: Occupation of Gori: 2008 Russia South Ossetia Georgia: Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) Tsentoroy attack: 2010 Russia: Caucasus Emirate: Grozny clashes: 2014 Russia: Caucasus Emirate: Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)
A video of two tribal women being paraded naked and subjected to blatant acts of sexual assault by a mob of men in the violence-hit northeastern state of Manipur has triggered outrage in India.
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.
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