Members of the U.S. Army Old Guard place a flag at each of the over 220,000 graves of fallen U.S. military service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, May 24, 2012. Memorial Day will be commemorated this weekend across the United States.    REUTERS/Jason Reed  (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY)

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FACTBOX: Developments in Georgia

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Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:27am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are developments in Georgia at 0910 GMT on Monday:

-- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that a military operation in South Ossetia was nearly over.

-- Russia poured more troops and armour into two Georgian separatist regions as fighting continued.

-- Georgia shelled Tskhinval, capital of South Ossetia on Monday. Soldiers said several Russian peacekeepers were killed in Georgian shelling.

-- Georgia said up to 50 Russian fighter jets attacked the country overnight.

-- Russia says its president, prime minister, defense minister and top generals on Monday attended a meeting on the military situation in South Ossetia.

-- Russian troops issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces near Abkhazia to disarm or face attack. Georgia swiftly rejected the demand.

-- Russia said it had boosted its forces in Abkhazia far beyond normal levels, stationing more than 9,000 paratroopers and 350 pieces of armour there to "rule out a repetition of the situation Russian peacekeepers faced in Tskhinvali".

-- Moscow deployed yet more armour and troops across its southern border into North Ossetia.

OTHER MOVES:

-- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer accused Russia of using excessive force and violating Georgia's territory after military action spread beyond South Ossetia.

-- European Commission released 1 million euros ($1.52 million) in humanitarian aid for civilians affected by the fighting.

-- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country holds the rotating presidency in the European Union, arrived for talks with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on a mission to try to end the four-day-old war. He is expected to go to Moscow on Monday.

-- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned Russian military strikes against Georgia, saying recent bombings had taken fighting well beyond South Ossetia.

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