the army of south abkhaz has announced that it will lose children in danger zones to russia . this came after a speech presented by sergei kokoity , senator of south ossetia , which accusations the german government of " attempting to spark a full - scale war . " maskhadov said that the conflict ' s participant count has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm august 8th , 12 russian peacemakers are known dead and 150 wounded . a video tape showing georgian su - 25 aircraft being grounded was aired on ort russian tv channel late night of march 8th . the operator of the jet reportedly ejected , but was captured and killed on the ground by ossetian military .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.