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By James Wray Aug 21, 2008, 15:17 GMT

In photos: 'Georgia South Ossetia Conflict - August 21'

People receive water in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia 21 August 2008. Russia‘s top army official said Thursday that Moscow would pull back its troops to a buffer zone along Georgia‘s breakaway region of South Ossetia by Friday. EPA/DMITRY KHRUPOV

Russian soldiers play with a ball in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Georgia 21 August 2008. Russia‘s top army official said Thursday that Moscow would pull back its troops to a buffer zone along Georgia‘s breakaway region of South Ossetia by Friday. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

A woman eats bread on the street by a destroyed house in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia 21 August 2008. Russia‘s top army official said Thursday that Moscow would pull back its troops to a buffer zone along Georgia‘s breakaway region of South Ossetia by Friday. EPA/DMITRY KHRUPOV

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) gestures speaking with Romanian President Traian Basescu (R) before the press conference in Tbilisi, Georgia 21 August 2008. Russia‘s top army official said Thursday that Moscow would pull back its troops to a buffer zone along Georgia‘sbreakaway region of South Ossetia by Friday. EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE

Georgian refugees leave the village kheiti 5km from Tskhinvali on the bus provided by Russian Emergency Ministry, Georgia, 21 August 2008. Many people in the Georgian village of Kheity requested from the Russian Emergency Ministry to be evacuted to the Georgian side in fears of revenge attacks from Ossetians. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

Nezhina Pekhelashvili, 98, Georgian from the village Kheiti 5km from Tskhinvali waits for evacuation, Georgia, 21 August 2008. Many people in Georgian village Kheity requested the Russian Emergency Ministry to be evacuted to the Georgian side in fears of revenge attacks from Ossetians. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

People hold a banner demanding a trial for Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili during a demonstration in the center of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, Georgia, on 21 August 2008. Some 47,000 people, according to authorities, came to the main square in Sukhumi for a gathering in favour of Abkhazia's independence. EPA/OLGA KRAVETS

Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh embraces one of the elders during the demonstration in the center of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, Georgia, 21 August 2008. Some 47,000 people, according to authorities, came to the main square in Sukhumi for a gathering in favour of Abkhazia's independence. EPA/OLGA KRAVETS

A man raises his hand as if voting for the independence of Abkhazia during a demonstration in the center of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, Georgia 21 August 2008. Some 47,000 people, according to authorities, came to the main square in Sukhumi for a gathering in favour of Abkhazia's independence. EPA/OLGA KRAVETS

An US Army officer embraces a Georgian refugee boy at a temporary shelter in Tbilisi, Georgia 21 August 2008. Russia is not planning to shut any doors in its relatioship with NATO, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. EPA/DAVID MDZINARISHVILI / POOL

A Georgian man is pictured with dolls in a kindergarden demolished by Russian bombs in Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, on 21 August 2008. Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on 21 August 2008, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbour. EPA/PAVEL WOLBERG

An elderly woman walks past a bombed houses in Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi,21 August 2008. Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on 21 August, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbour. EPA/PAVEL WOLBERG

An elderly woman looks at the damae in her bombed appartment in Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, 21 August 2008. Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on 21 August, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbour. EPA/PAVEL WOLBERG

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