The Russian Foreign Ministry accuses Ukraine of encouraging Georgia for intervention and ethnic purges in South Ossetia, reacting for the statement of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry made the day before.

The heads of the three states of the Baltic and Poland expressed serious concern in connection with the actions of Russia to Georgia, Baltic News Service (BNS) from Tallinn reports.

The Georgian port of Poti and the military base of the Georgian Ministry of Defense in Senaki were bombarded on the night of Saturday. This is reported by the Georgian television company "Rustavi 2" . Tbilisi is also being prepared for the blow: according to local media reports, evacuation has begun in the city . According to agencies, in the near future, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili will announce the introduction of an emergency (military) situation in the country.

President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday at a meeting in the Kremlin instructed the government, in particular, the Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Federal Migration Service to take all the necessary operational measures to provide humanitarian assistance to the civilian population of South Ossetia and Russian peacekeepers.

Several Georgian tanks broke through the defense line and entered Tskhinvali. According to an employee of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia, the South Ossetian units managed to knock out three tanks. Currently, to the southeast of Tskhinvali, Georgian tanks are also preparing for the offensive on the city, the representative of the Ministry of Defense said, ITAR-TASS reports. The Georgian infantry entered the tanks in Tskhinvali.

On Saturday, on the initiative of the American side, a telephone conversation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President George Bush took place, the Kremlin press service said. The President of Russia outlined fundamental assessments of the situation in South Ossetia, and George Bush expressed a serious concern to the state of affairs, called for de-escalation of the situation and return to the status quo on August 6.

The convoy with the wounded, who was from South Ossetia to Russia, was fired by the Georgian armed forces, Igor Konashenkov, assistant to the commander in chief of the Ground forces of the Russian Federation, told Interfax . "Thanks to the OSCE mission, an agreement was reached on the evacuation of the wounded.

On Saturday, most American and British publications devoted their leaders to the topic of the conflict between Georgia and Southern Ossetia and the intervention of Russia in it. The West can support the territorial integrity of Georgia, but no one wants war with Russia. The same can either restore the status of South Ossetia, or go further and overthrow Saakashvili. The Western media calls for international organizations to reason conflicting parties until it is too late.

Georgia does not exclude the possibility of contacting the West for military help. This was stated during the telephone press conference in Brussels Secretary of the Georgian National Security Council Alexander Loma. "I do not exclude the possibility that Georgia will turn to the international community with a request to provide direct military assistance," said Lotha.

On Friday, the international rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor's reduced long-term Georgian ratings in national and foreign currency, RIA Novosti reports with reference to agencies press releases. Fitch announced a decrease in the long -term ratings of Georgia in foreign and national currency from the level of "BB" B "B+", a forecast for further changes in the rating - "negative". Standard & Poor's reported a decrease in the long -term ratings of Georgia from the level of "B+" B ".

On Friday, August 8, 2008, nearly 1,600 marriages were registered in Moscow, the Moscow registry office said on Saturday. “Yesterday, on the day of the so -called“ three eights ” in Moscow, they connected the ties of the marriage of 1593 capital couples, while statements for this day were submitted 1675,” the registry office said. He said that in this way 82 pairs did not reach the registry offices.

The Romanian judoka Alina Dumitra, who performs in the weight category up to 48 kilograms, won the Gold Medal of the Games. In a decisive battle, Romanian defeated the representative of Cuba Yann Berma, earned an assessment of "Ippon" for one of her techniques, which automatically brought her victory. Diary of Olympiad-2008 and results Bronze medals went to Japanese Ryuoko Tanya, who had been won twice at the Olympiads, and Argentinka Paule Paratto.

In order to assist the residents of South Ossetia, who suffered from the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, a special bank account was opened, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Government of the Russian Federation. The account was opened in the North Ossetian branch of 8632 of the North Caucasus Bank of Sberbank of the Russian Federation.

The shelling of the capital of South Ossetia, which the Georgian side led in the first hours of Saturday, was currently stopped, the commander of the mixed forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict Marat Kulakhamtov told Interfax . "The intensive artillery shelling of Tskhinvali was stopped by the Georgian side," Kulakhametov said. There is no data on the consequences of shelling. Earlier it was reported that at Tskhinvali they shot from all types of weapons.

The Russian military confirmed the information about the two shot down Russian military aircraft in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the deputy chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn. Meanwhile, the Georgian Security Council said that one of the shot down Russian pilots is during interrogation, and another body was found.