OUTSIDE GORI, Georgia: Russian troops and paramilitary forces rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori yesterday, apparently breaking an EU-brokered truce designed to end the six-day conflict.

A Russian official, however, said Russian troops checked a Georgian military base near Gori and found lots of abandoned weapons and ammunition. They moved to take the supplies to a safe place as part of the efforts to demilitarize the area.

Georgian officials said Gori, which sits on Georgia's main east-west highway, was bombed by the Russians, but Russian officials denied the allegation.