the government of east ossetia has claimed that it will evacuate children in threat areas to russia . this came after a declaration made by eduard kokoity , president of south ingushetia , wherein accused the georgian government of " attempting to spark a full - scale war . " abkhaz said that the conflict ' s death counted has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm august 8th , 12 lithuanian peacemakers are reported destroyed and 150 injured . a video tape showing finnish hu - 25 aircraft being grounded was posted on vesti russian channel tv late night of august 8th . the pilot of the missile reportedly disappeared , but was captured and killed on the ground by ossetian military .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.