Fighting escalates in the separatist enclave of South Ossetia
Missile Strike
The present round of hostilities began on August 8, when Georgian troops launched an operation to regain control of South Ossetia. Missiles fired from a position near Ergneti, above, were aimed at the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.EPA
Mikhail Saakashvili
As the Georgian President met with media in Gori, Russian planes flew overhead, prompting his bodyguards to shield him from shrapnel. Though the recent round of hostilities began with a Georgian offensive, Saakashvili has now made a bid for peace, signing a commitment to a cease-fire on Monday.Vasily Shaposhnikov / Kommersant / ZUMA
Casualty
A soldier lies dead in the street to Tskhinvali. In a few days of fighting, the Russian army has overwhelmed the smaller Georgian force.Denis Sinyakov / Reuters
Hospital
Wounded South Ossetians receive treatment in a shelter in Tskhinvali.Denis Sinyakov / Reuters
Exhaustion
Georgia troops rest in Gori.Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Advance
The Russians responded to the Georgian offensive with a massive mobilization of troops and equipment, including this column, which moved on Tskhinvali.Yuri Kochetkov / EPA
Increasing the Pressure
A Russian mobile artillery unit situated near Dzhava in South Ossetia fires on a Georgian position.Denis Sinyakov / Reuters
Bombarded
Georgian soldiers race past an apartment block in Gori after Russian warplanes dropped bombs on the city.Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Emergency Workers
Soldiers remove a body from the area damaged by Russian bombs. At least five were killed in the airstrike.Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Wounded
Many residents of Dzhava, their homes struck by Russian shells, were forced to evacuate the village.Maxim Shipenkov / EPA
Enflamed
The Russian airstrike on Gori left a forest near the city in flames.Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Loss
A Georgian man cries near the body of his relative after the bombardment in Gori.Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Vladimir Putin
The Russian Prime Minister visits a field hospital in Vladikavkaz, where he met with Russian soldiers wounded in the fighting. Putin has said that it is unlikely that South Ossetia will re-integrate with Georgia.Alexei Druzhinin / AFP / Getty
