A Georgian soldier helps to direct a tank in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA)
Georgian soldiers sit on a tank moving near the town of Tskhinvali, some 100 km (62 miles) from Tbilisi, August 10, 2008. Russian warships arrived at Georgia's Black Sea coast on Sunday following three days of fighting in the breakaway Georgian region of South Osettia, Russian media reported. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (GEORGIA)