Joe Mestas, American citizen living in South Ossetia, who witnessed everything happening in the region, talked to RT and blamed U.S. and Georgian leaders for the outbreak of violence.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin, says Georgia has betrayed all the hard work done to resolve the conflict with its breakaway republics.

Peacekeepers in Tskhinvali said on Sunday that the city was coming under sporadic Georgian bombardment. Leonid Gusev, a political analyst from Moscow State University of International Relations, and RT's political commentator Peter Lavelle, discuss the latest developments in the conflict.

A task force from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is on its way to Georgia’s sea border. Political analyst Aleksey Urazov from Moscow State University and RT's political commentator Peter Lavelle discuss the latest developments.

Georgia’ ferocious artillery attack on Tskhinvali has left the South Ossetian capital in ruins. Dmitry Babich, a political analyst for the Russian Profile magazine, and RT's political commentator, Peter Lavelle, analyse the course of the war.

RT military analyst Evgeny Khruschev says the new Georgia - South Ossetia conflict is not the first attempt of Georgia to conduct ethnic cleansing of its neighbours.