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EU Report Blames Russia for War Crimes Against Georgia
WASHINGTON —
Georgia claims that an EU-commissioned report concludes that Russian
troops were responsible for ethnic cleansing during last year's war
with Georgia.
A
Georgian official briefed by a European Union investigator on the
report's findings, said Tuesday that the report also concludes that
some Russian combat troops crossed into Georgian territory in South
Ossetia before the start of hostilities on the night of Aug. 7, 2008.
The
official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of
the briefing ahead of the report's expected release Wednesday. Both
sides want to use the report's findings to bolster their claims about
the war.
Georgia has claimed— and Russia
has denied— that Georgia launched an offensive to repel Russian forces
that had crossed into its territory.