Russian troops have now left Gori, the city that was bombed and then was under Russian control for a while. Russia troops have apparently withdrawn into South Ossetia but a buffer zone has been created around South Ossetia to stop Georgian troops from advancing into South Ossetia. Not quite sure why this is needed as the Georgians have ammunition and I don't think the Americans will be willing to send them arms while the Russians are watching, at least not visibly, could we see a return to the proxy wars of the Cold War?
The ceasefire agreement states that Russian forces have to move back to August 7th positions, however because Russian "peacekeepers" were in the area on August 7th Russia is perfectly in there right to keep those troops there as the ceasefire does not define any numbers of troops that had to withdraw from the area. This is a significant flaw in the peace plan and shows how rushed it was put together. The Russians however are clearly playing games to show there strength, they must know that Tibilsi would not be stupid enough to try and take South Ossetia again!
the USA and EU nations are angry at Russia as they feel this isn't a full withdrawal, but there is little they can do. The status of South Ossetia is still questionable, its a small area and properly would struggle to be a single nation, most likely spend time like Kosovo as a part of a country that doesn't quite know where it stands. But it been part of Georgia is very unlikely, it most likely to become part of the Russian Federation.
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