The brief but bloody war between Georgia and Russia was started by an "unjustifiable" Georgian attack, an EU report found today.

The UN chief said today he is considering setting up peacekeeping missions in Georgia's separatist areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where Russia seized control with thousands of troops.

European Union foreign ministers appealed to Moscow today to follow through on commitments to withdraw its forces from Georgia under a ceasefire plan.