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Officials in the breakaway region today claimed Georgian troops had also resumed shelling there after its calls for a ceasefire were ignored by Russia. President Bush warned Mr Putin of his 'grave concern' about the 'disproportionate' military intervention at a face- to- face meeting in Beijing yesterday. His Vice- President Dick Cheney also personally called the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili over the weekend to reassure him his country has U. S backing. Warning: U.
S. President George W. Bush with Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Putin today lashed out in return, accusing the U. S. Sergei Chaban, who is in charge of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia, had warned their forces must disarm or face Russian troops there as well as in South Ossetia where the conflict began on Friday.
A ground invasion launched from Abkhazia would be a drastic step, and almost impossible for Georgia to counter with most of its troops still near South Ossetia. It was also alleged dozens of Russian bombers were attacking targets inside Georgian territory, including around Tbilisi. Bloodied: A woman lies injured in the ruins of an apartment block in Gori Basic: The wounded stay in a hospital shelter in the South Ossetian capital. Russian officials said the air raids were targeting supply lines and military facilities and were not directed at civilians but one in Gori on Saturday killed more than 2. Meanwhile NATO also joined the condemnation today, accusing Russia of using excessive force and violating Georgia's territory by taking the military action beyond South Ossetia. Secretary- General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was 'seriously concerned about the disproportionate use of force by the Russians and the lack of respect for the territorial integrity of Georgia,' a spokesman said.'The military operations that we saw on Saturday and since then, including air and missile attacks, have no relation to and go well beyond the CIS peacekeeping operation.'But diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire were continuing with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner leading a delegation from the European Union asking for a 'controlled withdrawal of troops'. In further developments, Russia accused Georgia of killing three of its troops in the shelling on the South Ossetian capatal Tskhinvali and claimed another two of its planes had been shot down.
Vice President Dick Cheney (left) phoned Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili in person to offer America's backing to the region. A separate Council of Europe delegation lead by Sweden's foreign minister was also on its way to the Georgian capital for talks. Georgia claimed yesterday to have pulled out its troops from South Ossetia and was calling for a ceasefire.
The demand was rejected by the Kremlin, which said it did not believe the Georgian forces had actually retreated. The region is an international flashpoint, given its vital position in terms of oil supplies which run from the Caspian Sea to Europe through the small country. It is feared the Kremlin could be using the conflict to disrupt fuel supplies, which would make the West even more dependent on Russian oil. The U. S. Many towns were deserted with reports of 4. Some 5. 0 ambulances were ferrying wounded Georgian troops from South Ossetia to hospitals in neighbouring cities, all of which were already overcrowded.
Enlarge Russian television showed Tskhinvali's main hospital in ruins and most of the more than 2. A few bare lightbulbs provided scant illumination and the report said the hospital had no ready supply of water. Some patients sat listlessly on beds jammed into a tiny, dim area with unfinished walls.
Fierce fighting: An injured soldier in the village of Dzhava. South Ossetians stay in a school shelter in the South Ossetian capital of Tshinvali. Russia's Defence Ministry also claimed yesterday to have sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack its navy in the Black Sea. South Ossetia, which unlike Georgia proper, is loyal to Russia - provided the catalyst for the dispute. Pro- Moscow rebels provoked Georgia's president into ordering his troops into South Ossetia last week. Mr Putin's government then retaliated with a counter- offensive to seize back the disputed region.
However, the escalation of violence has led to concerns that Russia could try to annex the entire country.'They want the whole of Georgia,' claimed President Saakashvili. Every democratic movement in this neighbouring region must be got rid of.'Despair: A woman holding her baby cries at her damaged home in Gori Russian planes yesterday bombed the main civilian airport in the capital Tbilisi, which is used by British Airways and other Western airlines. A government official said the Russian air strike appeared to have been aimed at the nearby military airport and an aviation construction plant.'It turns out they hit both military and civilian airports,' the spokesman added.
The attack came hours before the arrival of the French foreign minister on a peace mission. It's genocide.' He later claimed that Georgia had lost the right to rule the region, implying the Russians were set for a long and probably permanent occupation of both South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It is clear that Moscow is intent on severely hampering Georgia's military capability, which has been built up with Western help. Crucial strategic sites in the port of Poti, the city of Gori - staging post to South Ossetia - and around Tbilisi have been taken out by the Russian air force. Worst- hit was the capital of the separatist region, Tskhinvali, but death and devastation was wreaked across the region, as well as in cities in Georgia. Walking wounded: An injured woman stands next to her bombarded home Fleeing: Mother and son stare at the carnage as they are evacuated.
Western concerns about Moscow's desire to control the region's oil supply were yesterday gathering strength. While Georgia does not produce oil itself, U.