last than five hours after appeal for peace the first children rockets heat melana street the grand toddler in her arms she sought refuge in her basement among people jars and pots of jam. my little grandson cried grandma the georgians will kill us. you know so i said i am george and do you think i'm going to kill you he replied no grandma you're not really georgian georgians kill people. the timing of the attack caught the russian leadership of the guard present maybe it was a holiday while prime minister vladimir putin had traveled to china with their lympics. since his beginning arms have been put down during the olympic games but cheered the situation was completely the opposite. on the eve of the opening ceremony the georgian authorities. to their actions against south a city basically launched a military campaign with the use of heavy artillery and tanks. used people have been killed and wounded including russian peacekeepers. this is said and the arming and without this will be met with a response and. you. want to put in was giving the russian response had already been mobilized fol