Tbilisi International Airport

Timeline by 12th of August 14:50

12 August

14:50 Village Sakoritno in Kaspi region and village Ruisi in Kareli region are bombed by Russian aviation

14:00 In village Agara (Khashuri region) Russian military jets bombarded an ambulance vehicle

13:25 Three Russian airplanes dropped bombs on the village of Orchosani near Gori.

12:30 Vasiani base nearby Tbilisi has been bombed by Russian planes.

12:25 Oil pipeline 5 km from the city of Rustavi has been bombed.

10:15 Russian planes bombed Gori. The territory around administration building and city market have been bombed.

In the morning ours of 12 August Russian airplanes bombed the village of Tkviavi near Tskhinvali once again.

03:25 Russian envoy to the UN Churkin announced on the press conference that Russia will not support the resolution. Georgian envoy Alasania announced that suggested resolution is acceptable to Georgia.

02:15 Emergency meeting of the Security Council of the UN started. The resolution about cease-fire prepared by France was discussed.

02:05 Russian aviation bombarded Kaspi 30 Km from Tbilisi out of conflict zone. 3 bombs were dropped near the Heidelberg Cement factory (one from the two cement factories in the country). No damage was reported.

Timeline by 11th of August 07.15

August 10 - 11, 2008

• 07:15 Senaki airport is bombed by Russian airplanes.
• 06:10 Gori tank battalion is bombed. A civilian apartment building nearby has been hit.
• 05:00 Shiraki airfield in Dedoplistskaro District on the east of the country is bombed by Russian jets.
• 04:37 Civilian radar station in the village of Leninisi in 5 kilometers from downtown Tbilisi.
• 03:05 Villages of Sharabidzeebi, Kapandichi, Makho near Batumi are bombed by Russian planes. Graveyard and villagers’ backyard have been hit. No casualties reported.
• 00:30 Civilian radar station in the village of Shavshvebi west of Gori is bombed by Russian planes.
• 00:00 Five wounded policemen transported to Zugdidi hospital from Upper Abkhazia.
• 20:00 Positional fighting near village of Qvabchara in Upper Abkhazia.
• 19:10 “Tbilaviamsheni” aviation factory was bombarded by Russian aviation again.
• 19:05 Russian aviation dropped bomb on Tbilisi International Airport.
• 18:00 The Black Sea town of Anaklia 280 km from Tbilisi, is bombed by Russian airplanes. No casualties reported
  

August 8 - 9, 2008

1. 16:35 Oni was bombarded by Russian aviation.
2. 16:15 Two Russian battleships are heading towards Poti port. By this time they are near Gudauta.
3. 16:05 Four Russian jets flew over Upper Abkazia.
4. 15:45 Abkhaz separatist leader Sergey Bagapsh announced the launch of bombardment of Upper Abkhazia.
5. 14:30 The Parliament approved ordinance of the Declaration on the State of War and full mobilization.
6. 14:00 Russian air force attack Upper Abkhazia (Kodori gorge) in several places, including the airdrome in the village of Omarishara.
7. 12:40 Kopitnari airdrome is bombed again.
8. 10:22 Russian air force continues to bomb Gori, located 60 kilometers northwest from Tbilisi and is outside the conflict zone.
9. 10:20 One more Russian military airplane is shot down in Gori, located 60 kilometers northwest from Tbilisi and is outside the conflict zone. The pilot has been captured.
10. 10:00 Russian air force bomb Kopitnari airdrome in several kilometers from Kutaisi.
11. The entire 58th Russian Army, located in the North Caucasus, enters the South Ossetia region. They are engaged in battle with the Georgian army in Tskhinvali, which is in the conflict zone and 92 kilometers northwest from Tbilisi.