Chronicle of lies

8 August

Russian Foreign Ministry: "The Georgian media's report about the downed Russian military aircraft is nonsense and another provocation by the Georgian authorities."

August 9

Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn: "One of the Russian Air Force planes was shot down."

12th of August

00.47 Prime Minister of Georgia Vladimir Gurgenidze: "Russian troops have entered the city of Poti."

14.01 Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn: "Russian peacekeepers did not enter the territory of Georgia, not counting the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia."

August 13

The Russian Foreign Ministry admitted that Russian military units have entered the territory of Georgia and are busy neutralizing abandoned arsenals.

12th of August

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia: "The Russian military does not participate in hostilities in the Kodori Gorge."

August 20

Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn: “The situation in the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia is under the complete control of Russian peacekeepers. Today (the situation) is under the control of the peacekeeping forces and does not cause us serious concern.

Russian General Staff: "Russia has no Georgian prisoners of war."

Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor General's Office: "Investigators began interrogating Georgian prisoners of war who participated in the attack on South Ossetia."

Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn: “Conscripts do not participate in combat operations in South Ossetia. Combat missions are performed only by contractors.

August 19

Anatoly Nogovitsyn: “This is a very difficult question, you can’t answer it right off the bat.”

The representative of the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff, General Ivan Borodinchik: “A small number of conscripts participated in the hostilities. The law on military duty and military service allows you to involve conscripts in combat operations.

August 17

10.40 Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces, Major General Vyacheslav Borisov: "Russia has begun the withdrawal of troops from South Ossetia."

11.40 The Ministry of Defense denies reports of the withdrawal of Russian troops.