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The crisis began when Georgia sent troops to the breakaway region of South Ossetia, sparking Russian intervention. Georgian forces launched a surprise attack on 7 August against separatist militiamen that it accused of attacking civilians in South Ossetia. Scores of people have died since the fighting began and tens of thousands have been displaced.
Mr Saakashvili, Georgian President, denounced the Russian invasion, referring to its forces as "cold-blooded killers" and "barbarians" - he said that Georgia was now "looking evil directly in the eye".
President George W Bush has accused Russia of "bullying and intimidation", saying it was an unacceptable "way to conduct foreign policy in the 21st Century".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the Russian response as "disproportionate".
But Mr Medvedev, Russia President, said Russia was the guarantor of the interests and lives of those in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and he said he did not want to damage relations with other countries but that Russia had to fulfil its peacekeeping mandate, and that it would respond in the same way to any future attack on its troops or citizens.

1. Breakaway - an object made to shatter or collapse under pressure or impact
2. intervention - to interfere usually by force or threat of force in another nation's affair
3. denounce - to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
4. invasion - an act of invading; especially : incursion of an army for conquest
5. barbarians - lacking refinement, learning, or artistic or literary culture
6. intimidate - to compel or deter by or as if by threats or aggressive behavior
7. disproportionate - being out of proportion
8. guarantor - one that gives a guaranty
9. mandate - an authorization to act given to a representative