yea, konyok, russia in UN is demanding as much (+ sign no use of force in Abkhazia as well). question is how far into Georgia this will go (and hence how much pressure there will be on US to respond). Kokoyta (S. Ossetian prez) claims Georgia is preventing Russian nationals from leaving (hostage-like) and is issuing threats “if a hair falls from a Russian head” or smthn like that.

http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=26386

Russian press is also full of descriptions of “volunteers” from North Ossetia straining at the bit to join in, which looks to me like preparing deniability for operations too sensitive for regular army.