Port City blocked by Russia

Russian military force fastened on positions on Thursday at the entryway to Georgia’s chief Black ocean port city, digging trenches and arranging howitzers confronting the city in spite of Soviet Russia's promise to back out troops from territory deep inside Georgia. Several armoured personnel carriers and troop trucks blocked the bridge that is the only land entrance to Poti and another group of APCs and trucks were positioned in a nearby wooded area.