Russian troops continue to arrive in South Ossetia
Updated on 11 August 2008
Russia carries on pouring extra troops and tanks into South Ossetia.
This is despite claims from the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that his country's military operation in region is nearly over.
In response, Georgia has continued its shelling amid claim-and-counter-claim about air strikes and the responsibility for civilian casualties.
Georgia says it has withdrawn all its troops from South Ossetia, with Russian troops and tanks taking control of the capital Tskhinvali yesterday and powering forward through the border of the breakaway region, almost as far as the Georgian town of Gori.
Several thousand people are fleeing the fighting, with refugees heading both north into Russia and south into Georgia.
With increasing diplomatic calls for a ceasefire, President Bush has described the violence as unacceptable.
A second battleground is also emerging in Georgia's other breakaway region, Abkhazia.
