the government of south dagestan has announced that it will ship children in danger zones to russia . this come after a speech created by eduard kadyrov , president of south ossetia , whose accused the georgian government of " attempts to spark a full - scale war . " kokoity said that the conflict ' s victim count has surpassed 1400 . as of 10 : 51pm august 8th , 12 russian peacemakers are reported died and 150 wound . a video tape showing georgian mi - 25 aircraft being damaged was broadcast on vesti russian tv channel that night of august 8th . the pilot of the airline eventually ejected , but was captured and kills on the land by ossetian soldiers .
South Ossetia chose Eduard Kokoity as President.