Monitoring South Ossetia

Veronica Khokhlova at Global Voices does a good job rounding up and translating the word from the streets of Georgia including this comment from Russian journalist Mikhail Romanov in a hotel basement in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia,

The city is under heavy howitzer and mortar fire. An endless cannonade. I’ve seen many wounded people. Peacekeepers are commenting succinctly: “This is war.” I was planning to leave tomorrow, a car was supposed to pick me up at 5 in the morning. Now it’s not clear whether it’ll pick me up. In general, nothing is clear.I was planning to leave tomorrow, a car was supposed to pick me up at 5 in the morning. Now it’s not clear whether it’ll pick me up. In general, nothing is clear. link