the government of south ossetia has expressed that it will lose those in danger zones to russia . this came after a speech made by eduard ossetian , president of south ossetians , which accused the georgian government of " aiding to spark a larger - magnitude campaign . " kokoity revealed that the fire ' s victim count has reached 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm november 8th , 12 russian peacemakers are reported dead and 150 wounded . a video recording showed soviet s - 25 aircraft being captured was aired on vesti russian tv channel late dawn of aug 8th . the pilot of the jet has ejected , but was captured and murdered on the ground by grozny authorities .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.