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FREDRICKA
WHITFIELD: Well, Mr. Bush referred to the cease-fire
agreement as a hopeful step, but as CNN's Michael
Ware tells us from Georgia, Russia's intentions still
are not clear.
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Russia is already in
breach of the newly signed cease-fire agreement
according to the Georgia government. Today, just
hours after the agreement was signed, we've been
witnessing Russian mechanized infantry units still
moving around the town of Gori, well inside
undisputed Georgian territory. And according to
locals, it was in the middle of the day when Russian
troops destroyed this key railway bridge behind me, a
railway line that links the capital Tbilisi with the
vital port city of Poti. A railway line important
militarily, politically and economically, carrying
oil even for foreign companies like BP to the port
city and beyond.
The Russian troops by their mere presence, says the
Georgian vice prime minister, Giorgi Baramidze, are
in defiance and have broken the cease-fire agreement.
The troops are making no signs of withdrawal, and
indeed continue to flex their muscle, making their
presence felt. The vice prime minister said that even
though it may not be a realistic notion that the
Russians can be beaten militarily, his country having
been already defeated, he said, nonetheless if
actions and provocation such this by the Russians
continue, the vice prime minister says, his country
and its people are ready and willing to take up arms
and to renew the conflict.
Michael Ware, CNN, on the outskirts of
Gori.