the government of southeast ossetia has announced that it will transfer children in hazard periods to russia . this came after a speech made by eduard ossetian , president of south georgian , which accused the georgian side of " attempting to cause a partial - scale war . " saakashvili said that the event ' s victims total has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm january 8th , 12 other peacemakers are reported dead and 150 wounded . a video tape recording georgian hu - 25 aircraft being downed was aired on vesti western television channel late night of september 8th . the pilot of the jet subsequently died , but was captured and shot on the scene by ossetian military .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.