Occupied territories of Georgia
Occupied territories of Georgia () are the territories occupied by Russia after the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. They consist of the regions of Abkhazia and the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast of Soviet Georgia (currently divided between several administrative divisions of independent Georgia), whose status is a matter of international dispute.
Timeline of the Russo-Georgian War
At 03:16 MSK, it was reported that Russians were not being allowed to leave Georgia. In the morning such reports were denied by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Later, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that it had received such reports from over 360 stranded Russian citizens.
After Georgian troops had left Tskhinvali on 10 August, the Russians indiscriminately bombed the civilian areas in Gori on 11 August by the afternoon and this was reported by "The Guardian". Aerodrome near the Azerbaijani border and a radar station in Tbilisi were also bombed by Russia on the same day. While the valley, where Gori is located, was held by Georgian forces until about from Tskhinvali on 10 August, Western photographers said that by afternoon of 11 August the Georgians had fallen back about . About a dozen bombs detonated on the northern rim of the valley at about 12:30 pm. That day, reporters witnessed a skirmish near Tskhinvali after the ceasefire was offered by Georgia and bombing of civilians in Tkviavi by Russia. Gori is located from the South Ossetian boundary.