 After this action, the border of Abkhazia was shifted toward the Inguri River.Richard Galpin of the BBC, who had spent the past two days travelling from Poti to Tbilisi, reported that Georgian forces "seemed to be surrendering control of the highway to the Russians".According to BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse, there was a "much-reduced" Russian military presence in Gori that day and humanitarian aid was being delivered, however Russians still controlled major entry and exit points of Gori.