the government of south ossetia has announced that it will airlift children in hazard states to siberia . this came after a speech made by eduard abkhazian , president of south ossetia , which accusation the georgian parliament of " planning to cause a full - force campaign . " shevardnadze said that the conflict ' s victim count has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm may 8th , 12 russian peacemaker are reported killed and 150 wounded . a video file recording georgian su - 25 aircraft being downed was aired on vesti russian tv channel late night of august 8th . the owner of the helicopter reportedly ejected , but was captured and killed on the ground by ossetian navy .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.