Russian military vehicles have been heading towards the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, Al Jazeera has confirmed.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher tailed a convoy of Russian armoured vehicles  on the road from the town of Gori, less than 60km from Tbilisi on Wednesday.

“Right in front me, no more than 100 metres away is an armoured personnel carrier with three Russian soldiers on top … behind that there is a long convoy of Russian military vehicles,” Fisher reported.

“They’re not moving at a fast speed, but they are moving towards Tbilisi.

“It is only 60km from Gori to Tbilisi, but this doesn’t look like an invasion force.”

He later said the convoy had come to a halt, split in two and taken up artillery positions. A convoy of Georgian special forces was alsoreported to be heading for the area he said.

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