Courtesy BBC News:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia, the Kremlin says.
He told officials that the safety of Russian citizens and peacekeepers in South Ossetia had been restored.
Russia also backed an EU plan to end the five-day-old conflict. Envoys will now try to get Georgian approval.
Each side continues to accuse the other of breaking ceasefire accords, and analysts warn that the two remain far apart on a number of issues.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was vital that all sides cease fire, adding that Russian military operations “really do now need to stop because calm needs to be restored”.
The conflict began overnight last Thursday, when Russia responded to Georgian military action in South Ossetia.
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Russia received heavy criticism on Monday after its troops pushed on from the secessionist territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia towards the town of Gori in central Georgia, and into Senaki in the west.
On Tuesday morning there were more reports of fighting near Gori, but witnesses later said that Russian troops appeared to have pulled back from both towns.
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