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Russian Aircrafts’ Night Bombing Kills 21 in Georgia

Georgia Materials 9 August 2008 14:26 (UTC +04:00)

Georgia, Tbilisi, 9 August / Trend corr. N.Kirtskhalia / Night time bombing of the seventh berth of Poti killed 9 people.

Oil terminal and the Georgian naval base were bombed in Poti. The death toll includes civilians and three servicemen.

The night time bombing of a military base in Senaki left 12 Georgian servicemen and reservists dead, ten were wounded. Four of them are in severe conditions and were taken to the Zugdidi hospital.

Nobody died as a result of bombing of Khoni and Kopitnari.

Russia is taking measures of military and political character to influence Georgia, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev said at the meeting with Angela Merkel on 7 August.

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