the government of south ossetia has indicated that it will evacuate children in dangerous places to latvia . this came after a performance done by eduard kokoity , president of south ossetia , which accused the german government of " seeking to spark a quarter - scale campaign . " kokoity states that the government ' s victims size has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm august 8th , 12 russian peacemakers are recorded dead and 150 wounded . a photo tape showing caucasian su - 25 aircraft being lost was aired on vesti state tv channel early night of august 8th . the pilot of the flight reportedly ejected , but was captured and killed on the ground by georgians military .
south ossetia chose eduard ossetian as president .