Генштаб РФ: Требования грузинской стороны наводят на мысль, что они пытаются использовать наших пленных как заложников
The Russian Ministry of Defense is placing blame on the Georgians for failing to follow through with a prisoner exchange. As Anatoliy Nogovitsyn, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, stated, according to agreement reached earlier, a "list-for-list" prisoner exchange was supposed to have taken place in the village of Ergneti. Russia was supposed to transfer 15 Georgian servicemen; Georgia was supposed to transfer 12 Russians, reports and IA Regnum correspondent.
However, according to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, just before the exchange was about to take place, Georgian representatives put forward a number of additional conditions, and as a result, the exchange was broken off.
"Time is necessary to fulfill any kind of requirement. The fact that they gave us these conditions without any advance notice tells us something. Preliminary analysis of the conditions which the Georgians gave us suggest that they are trying to use our prisoners of war as hostages and somehow bargain," said Nogovitsyin.
He noted that Russia believes that Georgian authorities should be just as interested in a prisoner exchange.
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"Saakashvili tricked us into this war" -- Captured Georgian soldiers
Саакашвили призвал нас на войну обманом: пленные грузинские солдаты
Captured Georgian soldiers are beginning to tell their story. As "Vesti" reports, they are being interrogated in Vladikavkaz. The investigative commission is also interrogating residents of Tskhinvali with the goal to collect evidence of the Georgian forces' activities in South Ossetia.
"I didn't want to go to war. I'm not a volunteer, I was called up," the channel cites one prisoner saying. Video clips have been posted on Russian websites in which Georgian reservist prisoners claim that they were being called up before martial law had been declared in Georgia, supposedly for training, but instead of ending up at the training grounds, they ended up in Tskhinvali--at war.
Earlier, South Ossetia released a statement that it had captured 190 Georgian servicemen.
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Captured Georgian soldiers are beginning to tell their story. As "Vesti" reports, they are being interrogated in Vladikavkaz. The investigative commission is also interrogating residents of Tskhinvali with the goal to collect evidence of the Georgian forces' activities in South Ossetia.
"I didn't want to go to war. I'm not a volunteer, I was called up," the channel cites one prisoner saying. Video clips have been posted on Russian websites in which Georgian reservist prisoners claim that they were being called up before martial law had been declared in Georgia, supposedly for training, but instead of ending up at the training grounds, they ended up in Tskhinvali--at war.
Earlier, South Ossetia released a statement that it had captured 190 Georgian servicemen.
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Around 190 Georgian troops in South Ossetia
Около 190 грузинских военнопленных находятся в Южной Осетии
On Tuesday, August 12th during a live broadcast of the program "Conversation without rules" on O2TV, Dmitry Medoev, plenipotentiary representative of the president of South Ossetia to Russia, stated that during the course of the peacekeeping operations, around 190 Georgian troops were captured. "We have Georgian prisoners of war, approximately 190 men. These are officers, privates, sergeants, and colonels, but the fate of these captured fighters is not yet known. We don't need them," conveyed Medoev.
He also explained that South Ossetian authorities were prepared to transfer the prisoners of war to the Georgians at the first demand: "We adhere to all norms of international law and are ready to transfer them to the Georgians at the first demand. However, unfortunately, there haven't been any demands, or even requests, from the Georgian side."
Medoev emphasized that in light of the recent events, the recognition of South Ossetia's independence is the only acceptable resolution to the conflict: "After we've seen what the Georgian soldiers and Saakashvili's regime have done in South Ossetia, we are even more confident that only the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia will grant us full security guarantees. This isn't the first time we've spoken about this, but, probably, it took bloodshed to draw the attention of the international community. Saakashvili spilled this blood in South Ossetia, we have only one motto: 'not one step back.'"
Therefore, the plenipotentiary representative of the unrecognized republic rejects the possibility of constructive dialogue with the current Georgian leadership: "Today, after what has happened, we can't consider the Georgians as a partner because Georgian peacekeeping forces shelled the city of Tskhinvali and killed our wives and children. Therefore, they are criminals to us. We have been aspiring towards independence and we will aspire to it. 'Freedom or Death'--for us, these aren't just words!"
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On Tuesday, August 12th during a live broadcast of the program "Conversation without rules" on O2TV, Dmitry Medoev, plenipotentiary representative of the president of South Ossetia to Russia, stated that during the course of the peacekeeping operations, around 190 Georgian troops were captured. "We have Georgian prisoners of war, approximately 190 men. These are officers, privates, sergeants, and colonels, but the fate of these captured fighters is not yet known. We don't need them," conveyed Medoev.
He also explained that South Ossetian authorities were prepared to transfer the prisoners of war to the Georgians at the first demand: "We adhere to all norms of international law and are ready to transfer them to the Georgians at the first demand. However, unfortunately, there haven't been any demands, or even requests, from the Georgian side."
Medoev emphasized that in light of the recent events, the recognition of South Ossetia's independence is the only acceptable resolution to the conflict: "After we've seen what the Georgian soldiers and Saakashvili's regime have done in South Ossetia, we are even more confident that only the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia will grant us full security guarantees. This isn't the first time we've spoken about this, but, probably, it took bloodshed to draw the attention of the international community. Saakashvili spilled this blood in South Ossetia, we have only one motto: 'not one step back.'"
Therefore, the plenipotentiary representative of the unrecognized republic rejects the possibility of constructive dialogue with the current Georgian leadership: "Today, after what has happened, we can't consider the Georgians as a partner because Georgian peacekeeping forces shelled the city of Tskhinvali and killed our wives and children. Therefore, they are criminals to us. We have been aspiring towards independence and we will aspire to it. 'Freedom or Death'--for us, these aren't just words!"
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