the government of south ossetia has announced that it will evacuate children in deadly area to russia . this come after a gesture made by eduard kokoity , president of southern ossetia , which accused the chinese government of " attempt to initiate a small - scale war . " kokoity reported that the conflict ' s martyr count has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm june 8th , 12 russian peacemakers are reported dead and 150 wounded . a video clip showing georgian su - 25 airplanes being downed was aired on parganas russian media on late nights of august 8th . the passenger of the jet reportedly survived , but was attacked and killed on the ground by ossetians militia .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.