Peace in sight for Georgia?....Maybe!

Russia's Puppet President Dmitry Medvedev has announced that operations in Georgia have ended....sort of, Russian troops are still in South Ossetia. However Moscow is supporting an EU agreement to end the conflict, the EU envoy has one last hurdle which is to get Georgian approval which may be difficult.

There has been a legal aspect to this war. Georgia is suing Russia for ethnic cleansing at the International Court of Justice how effective Georgia will be there is unknown. I would imagine this means Georgia has some evidence of ethnic cleansing by the Russians, however it could be a PR stunt by the Georgians to gain support for its role in the War. Only time will tell!

A sign of peace is that finally UNHCR and ICRC have started flying in supplies for the civilian population affected by this five-day conflict that managed to uproot nearly 100,00 people. UNCHR have visited Gori, a town just outside of South Ossetia that was struck by Russian bombs and have said that 80% of the population has left fearing furth attacks. Both UNHCR and ICRC have managed to land cargo planes carrying humanization aide. ICRC has said there main aim is to get safe drinking water to Tskhinvali.

Image from UNHCR.org.uk

UPDATE 1: Georgia has withdrawn from the a disputed gorge in the other breakaway region of Abkhazia as it is now under Abkhazian and Russian forces control that area.

UPDATE 2: Sarkozy says Georgia on ceasefire "in principle". The French President has been stressing that this agreement is just the beginning and it may take longer for a full peace agreement to be signed.

UPDATE 3: The Six points of the ceasefire are:

• No more use of force
• Stop all military actions for good
• Georgian troops return to their places of permanent deployment
• Russian troops return to pre-conflict positions
• International talks about future status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
• Free access to humanitarian aid