At the Dagestan section, near the Georgian-Russian state border, anti-terrorist operation against the armed group is in progress already for the third day.

While conducting persecution operation against the armed subversive group, three officers of the MIA Special Force Unit were killed and five officers were wounded.

Eleven members of the armed subversive group were liquidated and the operation of persecution is currently underway to detain six members of the armed group.

According to the statement of the president of Georgia, the group acting in Dagestan, who captured Georgian citizens, was well-trained.

“Before starting the operation we conducted negotiations, offered them to surrender, but the members of the group refused. Taking the last hostage was followed by shots, which lasted all night long. 3 Georgian soldiers were killed during the prosecution operation, as for members of the group, an unmanned reconnaissance revealed that the overwhelming majority of armed team is destroyed”, - the President said.  

According to Saakashvili, Georgian government will not allow Russia to move his own problems to Georgia.

The anti-terrorist operation in the valley aiming neutralization of the armed group is underway in these minutes too. With a leadership of the Prime-Minister, a crisis management headquarters is created, which includes the Interior, Justice and Defence Ministries of Georgia. A plan of coordinated interagency action is developed, which is implemented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.