Georgia recruited U.S., Turkish, Ukrainian and Czech hirelings for August attackDecember 23, 2008 - 13:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Alexander Bastyrkin, head of the Investigation Committee at the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, announced that Georgia recruited U.S., Turkish, Ukrainian and Czech hirelings for the August attack on South Ossetia. "Involvement of UNA-UNSO Ukrainian nationalistic organization in hostilities was proved. Presence of foreign hirelings on the Georgian army was confirmed by evidence of numerous witnesses questioned after the tragic events," he said, RIA Novosti reports. On the evening of August 7, 2008, Georgia launched a ground- and air-based military attack on South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, killing over 1.5 thousand civilians. Tbilisi also planned a concentrated blow on Abkhazia. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |