Most Americans are getting out:
The US state department today evacuated more than 170 Americans from Georgia as the Caucasus country sinks deeper into war with Russia.
Two convoys bound for neighbouring Armenia today carried 170 private US citizens and family members of American diplomats away from the escalating violence in Georgia, the state department said.
More convoys may leave in the coming days if other Americans seek to escape the conflict over Russia’s claim to defence of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.
With Russia closing in on Tbilisi those requests are probably going to increase.
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