Global voices has as always highlighted some of the bloging that is going on and Chris Vallance at Five Live also does a good round up.
This game from a Russian journalist and kindly translated
The city is under heavy howitzer and mortar fire. An endless cannonade. I’ve seen many wounded people. Peacekeepers are commenting succinctly: “This is war.” I was planning to leave tomorrow, a car was supposed to pick me up at 5 in the morning. Now it’s not clear whether it’ll pick me up. In general, nothing is clear.I was planning to leave tomorrow, a car was supposed to pick me up at 5 in the morning. Now it’s not clear whether it’ll pick me up. In general, nothing is clear.
He highlights a site Civil.ge but has not been updated since last night so the current news of the ceasefire has not reached it yet.
Over at Frontline blogger they are giving tips on how to deal with the language barrier when picking up reports in Cryllic
Finally have a look at LibDem blogger James Oates who knows the area
This is the "Rhineland" moment. Should what now appears to be a long planned Russian aggression against Georgia go unpunished, then Russia will feel that it may proceed with impunity against any other of its neighbours. This includes states protected under the North Atlantic Alliance. In short, unless the West intervenes now, we could be facing an all out conflict situation before too long, as Russia continues to proceed with its wilfully reckless and dangerous defiance of all norms of civilised behaviour
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