Također u utorak, ruski predsjednik Dmitrij Medvedev kazao je u telefonskom razgovoru svom francuskom kolegi Nicolasu Sarkozyu da će se većina ruskih snaga povući iz Gruzije do petka, ali da će neke trupe ostati u tampon-zoni oko Južne Osetije.
Also on Tuesday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, by telephone that most of the Russian forces would withdraw from Georgia by Friday but that some troops would remain in a buffer zone around South Ossetia.