Report: S. Ossetia comes under Georgian fire

A town in Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia came under fire from the Georgian side of the border overnight, the Russian Vesti-24 channel says.

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Sunday, 06.07.2008.

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A town in Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia came under fire from the Georgian side of the border overnight, the Russian Vesti-24 channel says. According to AFP, the television reported this early Sunday quoting a South Ossetian spokesman. Report: S. Ossetia comes under Georgian fire A police post in the village of Ubiat came under fire from guns and grenade-launchers, the spokesman for the South Ossetian side in the joint commission on the crisis resolution said, adding that there were no reports on damage or casualties. Tensions soared in South Ossetia on Friday after separatists said two people were killed by intense shelling and threatened to retaliate with heavy weapons. Russia accused Tbilisi of carrying out an "act of aggression" against South Ossetia, while the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern over the fighting - the heaviest in the volatile region so far this year. Tbilisi regularly accuses Russia of seeking to annex South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia, and derail its efforts to join the NATO military alliance. Russia in turn accuses Georgia of preparing to take back the breakaway regions by force.

Report: S. Ossetia comes under Georgian fire

A police post in the village of Ubiat came under fire from guns and grenade-launchers, the spokesman for the South Ossetian side in the joint commission on the crisis resolution said, adding that there were no reports on damage or casualties.

Tensions soared in South Ossetia on Friday after separatists said two people were killed by intense shelling and threatened to retaliate with heavy weapons.

Russia accused Tbilisi of carrying out an "act of aggression" against South Ossetia, while the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern over the fighting - the heaviest in the volatile region so far this year.

Tbilisi regularly accuses Russia of seeking to annex South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia, and derail its efforts to join the NATO military alliance.

Russia in turn accuses Georgia of preparing to take back the breakaway regions by force.

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