Dateline: BUCHAREST

[Photos: NY Times, D: B sources in Georgia]

[Georgians flee a Russian convoy approaching. Shot near Gori.]

[Georgian woman forced to leave her village near Gori. According to Human Rights Watch, preliminary investigations in South Ossetia reveal horrifying scenes of looting in deserted Georgian villages.]

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According to an exclusive report from a source in Tbilisi, residents are starting to leave the Georgian capital, heading for Armenia and Eastern Georgia [Kacheti]. Source says: “People started leaving in armenia or kacheti… Roads full of cars.” The same source says major disruption to cell phone signal.

Considering that Tbilisi is now host to massive amount of refugees from occupied regions, it is reasonable to expect a serious humanitarian problem caused by massive inflows of refugees into Armenia. Might be a good time for Turkey to step in?

Will keep you updated as we get more information from Tbilisi.

Update: I advised my source [and good friend] to leave for Yerevan. Here is his response: “Banks closed or not giving money, so I couldn’t go to Armenia… I hope will stop soon Russian aggression by international helping.”

[taken today, in tbilisi. photos and captions courtesy of Giorgi Lomsadze]

These women travelled 40 miles on feet to escape Russian army. As the villagers ran across the farmlands some were shot to death in their backs by the Russian troops. Survivals sleep on the streets of capital Tbilisi

City struggles to provide housing and accomodation for the refugees.

The woman in the midde ran for miles, two kids in her hands, through the fields. She left farm animals tied and defenseless. Russian jet raid obliterated her village