The events in Georgia spring from tensions that have been simmering since the end of the Cold War in the 1980s, as the BBC's James Rodgers explains.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has said the endgame of the Russian troops is to commit ethnic cleansing. He declared "we are seeing cold-blooded murder of a small country".
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the West is mistaken about who the real aggressor is in the conflict with Georgia. He accused the US in particular of cynical manipulation, and of bolstering the Georgian military by transporting their troops home from Iraq.
Russia News Agenices react to the War:
The escalation of the conflict between Russia and Georgia... has caused the US and other Western countries to change their position radically. Not only did they call Moscow's actions 'dangerous and unacceptable' but they also threatened it with worsening of relations... This hardly promises a quick end to the combat action in Georgia and this threatens to lead to a serious cooling of relations between Russia and the West.
By GENNADIY SYSOYEV IN RUSSIA'S KOMMERSANT
The Russian leadership has made up its mind regarding its strategy in the region. It will be contributing to the territorial secession of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia in return for military-political and diplomatic guarantees.
By KONSTANTIN REMCHUKOV IN RUSSIA'S NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
Georgia is incapable of conducting a prolonged war in principle... Given that Georgia has failed to win the lightning war, it has lost the war... It is totally out of the question for NATO troops to get involved. European armies are terrified of losses and a war against Russia is impossible as far as they are concerned.
By MILITARY ANALYST ALEKSANDR KHRAMCHIKHIN IN RUSSIA'S IZVESTIYA
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