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Georgian Foreign Ministry: â€œRussian troops have begun planting mines in Goriâ€

14 August 2008 15:40 (UTC +04:00)

Tbilisi â€“ APA. â€œRussian troops have deployed military vehicles in Gori and are planting mines in the cityâ€, says Georgian Foreign Ministryâ€™s statement, APA reports quoting Gruziya-online. The statement says that in defiance of the agreement Russia did not allow the units of Georgian Interior Ministry entering Gori.
â€œAs far as we know Russians have deployed military vehicles in the city and are planting mines in Gori. Civilians and journalists in Gori are in real danger, Russian invaders do not allow them leave the city. Fire continues in several buildings. There is real humanitarian disaster in Gori,â€ he said.
The statement also says that Russian troops have entered Senaki and Poti cities again.
â€œRussians are plundering Senaki military base and Poti military port now. All this once more proves the necessity of international communityâ€™s intervening in Russiaâ€™s aggressionâ€, the statement says.