Russia and its pro-West neighbour Georgia engaged in fierce fighting on Saturday in the disputed region of South Ossetia. Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed. Fighting reportedly raged well into the night with Georgia's interior ministry saying early Saturday that warplanes attacked three Georgian military bases and key facilities for shipping oil to the West.
You can read the full story at the links below.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080809/D92EF9680.html
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080809031212.411hpioa&show_article=1
There are literally hundreds of frequencies that the Russian military can operate on so unless we have some specific monitoring intercepts relating to ths event, I won't be listing them in this article.
I do have an extensive list of Georgian military and border guard freqs. Special thanks to Thomas M. Rösner, DL8AAM, for the GEO Army listings.
Georgia Military
5GS HF ALE Network
ALE-5GS BR2 PMR SBR SKB VBR
3541.0 3652.0 3723.0 3824.0 4555.0 4605.0 4605.0 4721.0 5131.0 5321.0 5415.0 5572.0 5672.0 5762.0 6341.0 6451.0 6523.0 7033.0 7415.0 kHz
8GS HF ALE Network
ALE-1GS 8GS 1BR 2BR 3BR KB1 KBT MHE
3565.0 3645.0 3745.0 3855.0 4535.0 4545.0 4625.0 4645.0 4735.0 5235.0 5320.0 5351.0 5425.0 5780.0 6351.0 6551.0 6583.0 7425.0 7545.0 7045.0 kHz
ART-SE2 HF ALE Network
ALE-ART SE2
5103.0 5203.0 6203.0 kHz
BR1 HF ALE Network
ALE-BR1 BR2 BR3 BT5 KG4
4015.0 4125.0 4500.0 4505.0 4550.0 4780.0 4970.0 5125.0 5290.0 5330.0 5335.0 5400.0 5425.0 5430.0 5455.0 6650.0 6995.0 7000.0 7125.0 7255.0 9125.0 kHz
GS1-MB1 HF ALE Network
ALE-GS1 MB1
3605.0 4075.0 4123.0 4235.0 5120.0 5235.0 5465.0 6210.0 6283.0 6305.0 7555.0 7673.0 8123.0 8210.0 9137.0 9305.0 10173.0 10273.0 10470.0 11110.0 11235.0 kHz
GS2 HF ALE Network
ALE-4L1 AIR AKH GS2 KD1 KSI NIK SAK TB1
3200.0 3400.0 3450.0 4100.0 4350.0 4550.0 4850.0 4851.7 4900.0 5280.0 5350.0 5595.0 5650.0 6050.0 6250.0 6500.0 6750.0 7650.0 7850.0 8450.0 8650.0 kHz
LAB HF ALE Network
ALE-LAB
4235.0 4505.0 4535.0 4550.0 6451.0 6551.0 kHz
LEN HF ALE Network
ALE-3BR 21B BF1 BG2 BR2 BT2 DZ1 GEI GS1 KBT LEN OMEGA1
3700.0 3755.0 3785.0 4015.0 4505.0 4780.0 4970.0 5200.0 5290.0 5335.0 5430.0 5530.0 6255.0 6690.0 6695.0 6855.0 6950.0 7500.0 7580.0 7705.0 7725.0 7780.0 8035.0 8080.0 kHz
Georgian Border Guard
ALE-101 204 244 288 334 340 360 501 536 541 550 555 571 720
5555.0 6731.0 6800.0 6880.0 8083.0 8290.0 8413.0 8790.0 kHz
You can find information on the shortwave broadcast aspect of this story on our sister blog - Shortwave Central at http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2008/08/hot-spot-dxing-georgia-russia-conflict.html.