The training is carried out with a small artillery firing range, which is equipped with modern moot means and the situation is maximally similar to the real.

Territories at the border of Georgia could become a venue for large-scale military actions in the near future. Perhaps, it is a preparation of direct invasion into the territories of Georgia. Chechen publication “Chechenews” publishes an article on this issue.

Maj. Lori Hodge says the shooting happened Saturday morning in the southern province of Helmand. She gave no details and said the military is investigating.

According to the information of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, Basic Mountain Training Summer Course has officially completed today. A course graduation ceremony was organized at the base of Sachkhere Mountain Training School.

Dimitri Shashkin, Defence Minister of Georgia and Chief of Joint Staff, General-Lieutenant Devi Chankotadze attended the closing ceremony. The top brass of Defence Ministry and Joint Staff awarded all Georgian military servicemen involved in the Command Post training with the relevant certificates for successfully undergone the exercise.

As regards the new motto – “No man left behind in peace and in war – the Georgian armed force’s morale will be consolidated around it.

This statement of Yasin was furiously responded by the Duma Deputy Sergei Zhigarev. He said that Russia did not started war in Tskhinvali region for nonsense. To illustrate it he accidently admitted that in 2008 Russia launched military operations: “Our peacekeepers have been hit by the first blow and that lead to the start of Russia’s military actions”, - Sergei Zhigarev said.

Following the meeting, American congressmen visited National Training Centre "Krtsanisi" and attended demonstrative exercises. The Georgian military servicemen are going through a pre-deployment training course for participation in the Afghan mission in the Training Centre.

In 2012, within the program of re-equipment and re-training, Russian military base located in Abkhazia will be filled with the latest special techniques.

"We are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria", - Hillary Clinton said and added that this will escalate the conflict quite dramatically. The State administration Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland concretized that Clinton's comments referred specifically to new helicopters, and not already existing Russian-made or Soviet-made supplies being used by Assad's government.

In Krasnodar, high school and professional college students will take part in military trainings. A total of 600 young people will participate in military-field exercises.