the government of south chechnya has announced that it will evacuate children in danger zones to russia . this resulted after a proclamation made by eduard abkhazian , deputy of jr ossetia , which accused the georgian government of " attempting to spark a full - face war . " shevardnadze said that the crisis ' s martyr count has passed 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm august 8th , 12 russian recommit are reported dead and 150 missing . a tv tape documenting georgian su - 25 aircraft being intercepted was aired on vesti russian tv program late night of august 8th . the pilot of the bomber actually ejected , but was captured and killed on the ground by abkhazian military .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.