Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn (1952- ), deputy chief of the General Staff
The Defence Ministry presented new evidence proving the aggressive intentions of Georgia. These were made public by Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the deputy head of the General Staff, at a news conference at the RIA-Novosti news agency. Maps with details of a planned Georgian invasion of Abkhazia were shown at the news conference. The one-day operation was aimed at entirely occupying the republic. General Nogovitsyn said the plan was foiled by the resistance put up by Russian forces in South Ossetia, who thwarted the Georgian blitzkrieg.
Judging by the facts on the ground, the Saakashvili régime has not given up its aggressive intentions despite making seemingly-peaceful statements after the Georgian army was forced to retreat from South Ossetia and Abkhazia. General Nogovitsyn said that about 1,000 Georgian servicemen are concentrated along the South Ossetian border. The Georgian air force, infrastructure, and four airfields are being restored with the assistance of NATO.
“In view of this, the present disproportionate activity of NATO warships in the north-eastern sector of the Black Sea is a cause for grave concern”, General Nogovitsyn emphasised. He said, “On Monday, there were nine NATO warships in the Black Sea, but, an additional American frigate crossed the Bosporus later in the evening. Moreover, reportedly, another eight NATO warships are expected to arrive in the Black Sea allegedly for previously-planned naval exercises shortly. These eight ships are not transporting humanitarian aid, but, their aim is quite different. The NATO naval presence in the Black Sea has nothing to do with the supply of humanitarian aid to the region. Suffice it to say; the group of ships that entered the Black Sea is armed with over 100 Harpoon cruise missiles. In addition, about 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles are carried by the destroyer McFaul. The Tomahawk missiles are designed for launching attacks on ground targets. In this case, it is possible to say that NATO is attempting to flex its muscles in the Black Sea. Simultaneously, it is also a demonstration of support for Saakashvili regime”.
26 August 2008
Yevgeny Kryshkin
Voice of Russia World Service
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=rus&q=81569&cid=21&p=26.08.2008 (in Russian)
Editor’s Note:
The stupidity of this US move is beyond insanity. The NATO ships are moving without air cover in restricted waters, where they have little room for manoeuvre. Moreover, the same conditions preclude the deployment of aircraft carriers. Of course, the NATO ships are within range of both Russian ground-based surface-to-surface anti-ship missile batteries and land-based strike aircraft of the AV-MF, along with VVS aircraft, if needed. USAF units are not trained for cooperation with naval forces to the same level as US naval air units are, and the confusion would be fatal. Shrub Bush has proven his dementia to the entire world. Do not forget the lessons of the Falklands. In this case, the Russian aircraft would not be operating at the extreme edge of their radius, and would have sufficient fuel for manoeuvre, unlike the Argentine aircraft in the Falklands (nevertheless, they gave a good account of themselves).
The only silver lining to this cloud is that both Mr Gates and Admiral Mullen are known for their good judgement and sanity, and, God willing, they would disobey any lunatic orders originating from either the nutter in the Oval Office or the ruthlessly-ambitious Condi Rice (I have had the misfortune of meeting her in a group, and I can report that she is one of the scariest people I have ever met. She is the very epitome of Hannah Arendt’s observation on the banality of evil.).
We stand at a more dangerous juncture than any we faced in the Cold War, for we have a president who refuses to face reality and stand down, if such is called for. Reflect on the fact that this lunatic has his hand on the “button”. Scary, isn’t it?
Truth about war in Ossetia that is overlooked by BBC and CNN
At 7 p.m. on August 8, the day when Olympics started, worldwide community heard from CNN and BBC news that Russian tanks invaded Georgia and that Russia started war with Georgia.
That the war had begun 16 hours earlier by Georgian president Sukashvili’s order these media preferred to pass over in silence.
But you have the right to know truth. That’s how this really happened:
According to old tradition of Olympic Games’ eve everyone was looking for peace and quiet. On August 7, Georgian and South Ossetian officials agreed to observe a ceasefire and hold debates in attempt to solve their long-term conflict peacefully.
August 8, 00:06
Just hours later, six minutes past midnight on August 8, inhabitants of Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, peacefully sleeping in their beds, heard dreadful whizz of incoming rockets. The hell followed soon… Without any declaration Georgian forces launched massive shelling of Tskhinvali with all available means, including heavy artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems GRAD. In this massacre, in just several hours, the whole city was ruined: 2,000 human lives wasted and 85% of all buildings demolished. Georgian military expedition, called “Clean field”, yielded its first fruits…
August 8, 03:00
Georgian army occupied five Ossetian villages, burning them to ashes.
August 8, 03:30
Georgian tanks started attack on Tskhinvali. Ossetian militia stood up to the enemy but could not keep back 30-times outnumbering Georgian forces. Many basements where Ossetins tried to escape shelling were showered with grenades. At the very same time, Georgian “peacekeepers”, serving in South Ossetia, launched unexampled attack on their yesterday’s colleagues, Russian peacekeepers, managing to kill at least 10 of them.
August 8, 04:33
Russia called for UN Security Council meeting to put a stop to Georgian military aggression and seize fire. No decision was delivered at neither this nor several following meetings.
August 8, 09:00
Russian Prime Minister Putin informed President Bush that Georgia launched war against Ossetia. Mr. Bush answered that “nobody wanted this war”.
Ossetia was praying for help. It was already obvious that “clean field” meant nothing else but ethnical cleansing. In these circumstances, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that Russia would defend Russian citizens who constitute 90% of South Ossetia population.
August 8, 16:00
Russian forces overstepped mountain pass and made their way toward perishing Ossetins. That was exactly the moment when CNN and BBC finally “noticed” the war and broadcasted their «Russians invaded Georgia» scenes. Sukashvili announced that Russia invaded Georgia and held back that he started this horrible bloodshed himself.
Before midnight, Russian and Ossetian forces kicked aggressors out of Ossetian capital. Survived citizens started to leave basements to escape the city. In the next couple days around 30,000 refugees fled to Russia.
Failed Georgian assault turned to informational blackout and devilish propaganda. It’s time when so much depends on your personal position! I believe that there will be journalists who can give objective picture of these events. I believe in people of peace who will regard an attempt of massive extermination of small nation as genocide (3% of South Ossetins and 0.3% of all Ossetins worldwide were killed in just one night on August 8; fascists have never achieved that efficiency in exterminating Jewish people even when Auschwitz and Treblinka were working at full capacity). I believe in a world community that will view Sukashvili’s inhuman orders as war crime and an outrage on humanity. I believe in you, thinking person, able to confront with facts, person who will not follow barefaced propaganda of politicized and deeply corrupt media, person able to recognize truth!
Comment by Andrey — Tuesday, 26 August 2008 @ 19:54
It’s obvious that NATO feels very nervous.
And after all who’s going to confront the renewed Russian army?
The portuguese ships?
Let’s be serious.
They just do their best by showing themselves out there.
They won’t do anything more.
They have neither the strong will nor the tactical force.
Now i expect from Putin’s administration to capture the insane US puppet,Saakashvili and make him to pay for his crimes.
This would be a wonderful lesson for everyone else in the region.
Comment by Misha — Wednesday, 27 August 2008 @ 03:07
Congratulations to people of Osetia and Abkhazia who can now be certain that they will not be eradicated by Saakhashvili.
Comment by Russian travel — Wednesday, 27 August 2008 @ 12:51