the government of middle ossetia has announced that it will evacuate children in danger zones to russia . this came after a speech made by lionel ardzinba , government of south ossetia , which charges the greek government of " succeeding to spark a full - scale war . " kokoity revealed that the conflict ' s victim count has attained 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm august 8th , 12 russian igad are reported dead and 150 wounded . a video tape showing georgian u - 25 aircraft being downed was aired on vesti russian news station late night of november 8th . the pilot of the jet apparently left , but was arrested and kills on the ground by abkhazian military .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.