(1 May 2008)
Inguri Bridge, de facto border between Georgia and Abkhazia (400 kilometres (248 miles) west of Tbilisi)
1. Wide of Russian peacekeepers at check point at Inguri Bridge, the de facto border between Georgia and Abkhazia
2. Mid-shot of Russian peacekeepers cleaning boots
3. Close-up of Russian peacekeeper, armoured personal carrier (APC) in background
4. Mid-shot of horse driven carriage passing through check point
5. Various of people crossing the border and walking through the check point
6. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Iza Uzugbaia, resident of Gali region (de facto Abkhazia):
"If the war starts we cannot stay there (in Gali), it is very scary, we have to hide somewhere and find a shelter. But we wish the situation to be solved peacefully, we do not want war to start."
7. Mid-shot of woman carrying a child and crossing the border, Russian peacekeepers in the background
8. Mid Russian peacekeepers with the APC in the background
9. Wide of Inguri bridge with people crossing
Rukhi (One kilometre from the de facto border with Abkhazia)
10. Wide of house in Rukhi
11. Mid-shot of internally displaced person from Abkhazia, Mzia Zarkua, feeding chickens
12. Close-up of Zarkua feeding chickens
13. Close-up cat and chickens
14. Wide of Mzia Zarkua and her son Leri Guchua getting water from the well
15. Guchua getting water from the well
16. Close-up of flowers and bucket
17. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Leri Guchua, internally displaced person from Abkhazia:
"If not for the Russians, we Georgians and Abkhazians would have settled this conflict long ago. I live on the coastline and see how Russians are bringing their troops to Abkhazia. Instead of withdrawing they are bringing troops in. If Russia start the war I will serve my duties in the Georgian army."
18. Close-up of Guchua ploughing the garden
19. Wide of Guchua ploughing the garden
Village of Ganmukhuri, de facto border with Georgia and Abkhazia
20. Georgian troops patrolling the bridge
21. Close-up of sub-machine gun
22. Various of Georgian soldier looking through binoculars
STORYLINE:
Residents near the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia spoke of their uncertainty on Thursday after the Russian Defence Ministry said earlier this week it plans to bolster troop presence in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Georgia's special presidential envoy said the plans could be in preparation for an "act of military aggression" against its small southern neighbour, and appealed to Moscow not to seek a full-blown conflict.
According to the official data some four hundred thousand Georgians have fled Abkhazia since 1992, and only fifty thousand have returned.
News of the Russian announcement rattled villagers near Inguri Bridge, situated 400 kilometres (248 miles) west of Tbilisi, on the de facto border between Georgia and Abkhazia.
"If the war starts we cannot stay," said Iza Uzugbaia, a resident of Gali region, de facto Abkhazia told AP Television.
"We wish the situation to be solved peacefully, we do not want war to start," she said.
Meanwhile, Leri Guchua, a 20 year-old internally displaced person from Abkhazia, who lives in the village of Rukhi, near the Georgian-Abkhazian border, says he sees Russia sending more troops to Abkhazia every day.
"I live on the coastline and see how Russians are bringing their troops to Abkhazia. Instead of withdrawing they are bringing troops in," said Leri Guchua.
"If Russia start the war I will serve my duties in the Georgian army," he said.
He also met with NATO officials to discuss the crisis.

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