Russian airstrike targets airfield in Georgia

August 10, 2008 – 6:41 am

Russian forces launched an airstrike against a military airfield near Georgia’s Tbilisi International Airport early Sunday, despite international calls for Russia to stand down from the escalating conflict, Georgian officials told CNN.


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