Georgians take shelter in a basement in the city of Gori, Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia's army into headlong retreat and left towns and military bases destroyed. More than 2,000 people were reported killed.
A man looks at the burnt shell of a Georgian military vehicle outside Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia and agreed to a EU-sponsored peace plan Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that forced tens of thousands to abandon their homes and left some areas of Georgia in smoldering ruins.
Russian soldiers on top of an APC pass by a burning house on the way to Tskhinvali, capital of the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
An Ossetian soldier runs for cover near the village of Achabet 2 miles north of Tskhinvali on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
An unidentified Georgian woman cries in the town of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russia warned Monday that its troops in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia will cross into the Georgian-controlled territory if Georgian troops in the area refuse to disarm.
A Georgian man stands in front of his damaged home in Gori, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian armored vehicles rolled deep into central and western Georgia on Monday, quickly taking control of the key city of Gori, several towns and a military base, according to Georgian officials and witnesses. The reported capture of Gori came despite a top Russian general's claim that Russia had no plans to enter Georgian territory.
Georgian refugees sit in a truck as they flee Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian armored vehicles rolled deep into central and western Georgia Monday, quickly taking control of a key city, several towns and a military base, according to Georgian officials and witnesses.
An unidentified Georgian woman shows her damaged apartment in the town of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
Georgian soldiers sit atop a tank as it makes its way along a street in Gori, Georgia, near the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Georgia's Defense Ministry said that Russian armor on Monday seized a military base in western Georgia, opening a second front in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles and trucks near the village of Khurcha in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, heading toward the border of Georgia. Russia's NTV television said more Russian troops arrived in the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi in addition to peacekeepers deployed there for more than a decade.
A physician treats a man injured in a conflict in South Ossetia, in a hospital in the town of Dzhava, South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Russia said more than 2,000 people had been killed in South Ossetia since Friday, most of them Ossetians with Russian passports. The figures could not be independently confirmed.
Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, heading toward the border of Georgia. Separatist authorities in Abkhazia have mobilized the army and called up reservists to drive Georgian government forces from a small part of the province still under Georgian control.
A woman comforts a child while riding in a vehicle near the town of Dzhava, South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, as they flee the fighting in the Georgian breakaway region. Georgia, a U.S. ally whose troops have been trained by American soldiers, launched a major offensive to retake control of its breakaway province. Hundreds were fleeing the fighting, seeking safety elsewhere in Georgia or Russia.
A column of Russian tanks rolls near the town of Dzhava in the separatist Georgian province of South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Georgia called a cease-fire Sunday and said it was pulling its embattled troops out of the disputed province of South Ossetia, submitting to Russia's far superior firepower, but Moscow disputed the pullout claim.
A South Ossetian separatist fighter looks on at an unknown location in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A sudden military offensive by Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, reportedly killed hundreds of people Friday in the separatist region of South Ossetia and threatened to off a wider war with Russia.
Russian soldiers are seen atop an armored vehicle at an unknown location in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. The fighting started when Georgia launched an attack to retake a breakaway province, followed by Russia sending in tanks and reportedly attacking two air bases in Georgia.
Local residents evacuate a Georgian enclave near the city of Tskhinvali, in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A sudden military offensive by Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, reportedly killed hundreds of people Friday in the separatist region of South Ossetia and threatened to off a wider war with Russia.
South Ossetia residents look out from the window of a vehicle as they are evacuated from the breakaway Georgian province, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake South Ossetia, with the capital of Tskhinvali reportedly devastated.
A column of Russian armored vehicles headed towards the breakaway republic of South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali, is seen in North Ossetia, Russia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.
Georgian villagers evacuate near the city of Tskhinvali, in the breakaway Georgian province South Ossetia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A sudden military offensive by Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, reportedly killed hundreds of people in the separatist region and threatened to off a wider war with Russia. The fighting started when Georgia launched an attack to retake a breakaway province.