(10.8.2008) Yakobashvili said that a small group of Georgian soldiers had able to wipe out an entire Russian military division due to this training.

„We killed 60 Russian soldiers just yesterday,“ said Yakobashvili. „The Russians have lost more than 50 tanks, and we have shot down 11 of their planes. They have enormous damage in terms of manpower,“

Yakobashvili warned that the Russians would try and open another battlefront in Abkhazia and he denied reports that the Georgian army was retreating. „The Georgian forces are not retreating. We move our military according to security needs.“