"New attacks in Georgia conflict" from BBC News reports that despite Georgia's promise of a ceasefire, Russia has continued to attack and has promised to do so until Georgian troops withdraw from South Ossetia. Russia has drawn condemnation from President Bush for its aggression in the area and other world leaders have joined him to express their concern.
Russia has made claims of "ethnic cleansing" in South Ossetia.
Meanwhile, crude oil prices rose as Georgia is a key transit point for oil, although thus far the pipeline is unscathed.
"A hot proxy war: Moscow's power politics" from Der Spiegel
"The war in Georgia is a war for the West" by By MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI
"Georgia: Russia says South Ossetia offensive nearing completion" from UK Telegraph
"We helped in Iraq, now help us beg Georgians" from Times of London
From Tbilisi, Georgia said up to 50 Russian fighter jets attacked targets inside Georgia overnight, with targets including a missile base and a radar station.
Georgia said the town of Gori, close to the South Ossetian border and used as a jumping-off point for Georgia's push into South Ossetia, also came under overnight attack.
Meanwhile Russian media reported that Georgian forces shelled South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, killing three peacekeepers.
And in Abkhazia, a second separatist region of Georgia, reports said a Russian general issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces to pull out of Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge or Russian would send in its troops. Earlier, reports in Moscow said 9,000 Russian troops were being deployed to Abkhazia.
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