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More details about the move out of the undisputed territory and the claims that the Russian troops are simply changing uniforms and becoming 'peacekeeper' forces.
HEIDI
COLLINS: Russian forces on the move in neighboring
Georgia now. They're apparently keeping a promise to
start pulling out.
Want to go live now to CNN's Michael Ware in the
Georgian capital of Tbilisi. So, Michael, is this the
real deal?
MICHAEL WARE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well,
as real as I suspect it's going to get, Heidi. I
mean, let's not kid ourselves. The Russians are still
playing hardball, as they had done since the
beginning of this conflict, and they're going to
continue to press the advantage militarily, and
perhaps politically, that they perceive that they
have gained.
Now, here in Georgia itself, on the front lines, to
quote the Georgian national security adviser, "We are
seeing a pullback of Russian troops." However, the
picture does remain complicated and hazy.
Some checkpoints have been dismantled, others have
not. Some troops and armor are on the move out of
undisputed Georgian territory. Others remain. Some
troops, according to the Georgia Ministry of
Interior, have simply been donning peacekeeper
uniforms or putting white markers on their uniforms
to identify themselves as peacekeepers.
Now, under the cease-fire agreement, as it's written
with its current wording, much of this is allowable
or within the wiggle room that the Russians have
within that agreement. Indeed, the wording is such,
it's so broad, that it's literally wide enough to
drive a Russian armored column through it. And that's
what they're doing.
So, whilst the Russians are pulling back, they're
going to stay in the disputed pro-Russian enclaves of
South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and they're maintaining a
buffer zone around their so-called peacekeepers
inside Georgia itself. The questions are, how far are
those zones going to extend? How many troops are
going to be in these territories? And just what are
they going to be able to do -- Heidi?
COLLINS: Yes, it still sounds like there needs to be
a lot of clarification as to what this agreement
really means. I have a feeling we'll be following the
story for a while.
CNN's Michael Ware joining us from the capital of
Tbilisi.