Occupied Tskhinvali forces in combat mode ‘for education purposes’
The de facto officials of Tskhinvali say that the combat mode is to check the readiness of their armed forces. Photo: Sputnik Ossetia.
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The armed forces of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region have been put in combat mode for “educational purposes,” Sputnik Ossetia reports.
The agency says that it is the decision of the so-called Ministry of Defence of the region.
The agency cites the so-called Ministry of Defence as saying that the combat mode was announced to check the readiness of the “South Ossetian armed forces.”
The de facto Security Committee of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region said yesterday that Tbilisi is getting ready for “a large-scale provocation” at the occupation line, near the villages of Chorchana and Tsnelisi.
Tbilisi responded that the statement was the “part of the disinformation campaign which has been particularly active over the past several months” by the de facto authorities.
The occupying forces briefly held the monitors of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) yesterday at the occupation line, accusing them of the “illegally crossing the border,” and “staging provocations.”
The EUMM says that the monitors were held on Tbilisi-controlled territory.
De facto Security Committee of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region says that Tbilisi is getting ready for “a large-scale provocation” at the occupation line, near the villages of Chorchana and Tsnelisi.
Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) to Georgia Erik Hoeg has briefed the Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors from EU member states on the recent developments at the occupation line with Georgia’s currently Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (so-called South Ossetia) region in Brussels.
A mother living in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Akhalgori district was not allowed to leave the territory for several days to mourn her son who died in the Tserovani settlement, on Tbilisi-administered territory. The story caused public turmoil on social media, with the mother permitted to leave Akhalgori only late yesterday [while the young man died on September 22], Radio Liberty reports.
De facto authorities of Georgia’s Russian-controlled Tskhinvali region say that the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) monitors were held yesterday as they “illegally crossed the border in the village of Tsnelisi (Kareli Municipality, under the Russian control),” adding that the action by the EUMM was “provocative.”
Georgian civic activist Tamar Mearakishvili, who lives in Georgia’s Russian-controlled Akhalgori district, has released the photos of Akhalgori, with no people walking on the streets and lights rarely coming from windows.Mearakishvili, who is politically persecuted by de facto authorities of Tskhinvali, says that many people have left the district since the Russia-Georgia 2008 war, when Russia expanded its control on Akhalgori.