Russia not honoring ceasefire: Pentagon

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Russia is still not honoring its ceasefire agreement with Georgia and continues to maintain a "large presence" of troops in the former Soviet republic, the US Defense Department said Monday.

"They are still not living up to the terms of the ceasefire agreement" which Moscow signed with Tbilisi more than a week ago, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.

"They are failing to live up to and honor the terms of the agreement," he said, adding that "there continues to be a large presence of Russian forces in Georgia."

Pressure has steadily built on Moscow, which sent tanks and troops into Georgian territory in response to a Georgian offensive on August 7 to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia, to adhere to the French-brokered peace...