Russia peacekeepers in ``fierce'' battle
Russian peacekeepers are waging a ``fierce'' battle with Georgian forces in South Ossetia and have suffered 12 dead and 150 wounded, the peacekeeping forces were quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
Georgia, Tbilisi, 20 June / Trend News corr N. Kirtskhalia/ ``Russia tries to involve Georgia in a military conflict in Abkhazia,'' Grigol Vashadze, Assistant Foreign Minister of Georgia, said to journalists when commenting on military trainings which Russian peacekeepers have commenced in Abkhazia.