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Article: Russia ignores cease-fire proposal; expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships ; Russians fend off calls to cease hostilities, saying they must have assurances Georgian troops are leaving South Ossetia.
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- Dayton Daily News
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- August 11, 2008
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia battled Georgian forces on land and
sea, reports said late Sunday, Aug. 10, despite a Georgian cease-
fire offer and its claim to be withdrawing from South Ossetia, the
separatist Georgian province battered by days of intense fighting.
The violence appeared to show gargantuan Russia's determination
to subdue diminutive, U.S.-backed Georgia, even at the risk of
international reproach.
Russia fended off a wave of international calls to observe
Georgia's cease-fire, saying it must first be assured that Georgian
troops have indeed pulled back from South Ossetia.
International envoys were heading in to try to end the conflict
before it spreads throughout the ...