 Alexander Lomaia, secretary of the Georgian National Security Council, stated that Georgian troops were fiercely battling with Russian troops in Tskhinvali on 9 August, who were conducting a full-scale military operation using tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery, soldiers and paratroopers.Lomaia said that the Russian planes were entering the Georgian airspace about every 15 minutes and that civilian and military targets were being bombed.According to Lomaia, Russia was using at least 50 warplanes.