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(2008-08-13)
Soldiers sit on tanks that are part of a Russian military convoy travelling on a main road leading to the Georgian city of Zugdidi
Russian tanks have been seen rolling into and out of the strategic Georgian city of Gori, despite a truce brokered by the European Union.
A top Georgian official says about 50 Russian tanks entered Gori this morning.
A Russian general says the Russians went into the city to try to implement the truce with local Georgian officials but couldn't find any.
An AP reporter saw several dozen Russian military trucks and armored vehicles speeding out of Gori and heading south, in the direction of Georgia's capital, Tbilisi.
Soldiers waved at journalists. One shouted to a photographer taking shots of the convoy: "Come with us, beauty, we're going to Tbilisi." But the convoy later turned off the highway onto a small road leading to a village. One Georgian official says the convoy appeared headed toward a Georgia military base. © Copyright 2012, Associated Press
