"Gori in ruins" ?

August 14, 2008
Media outlets including CNN jumped on Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili's claim to have witnessed "first hand" two Russian planes bombing the city, and reported it as fact. Footage shot by RT shows a ghost town, where a statue of Stalin towers over the main square. Russia's UN ambassador said the allegations were part of a "disinformation campaign."
See for yourself.
Russia Today