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Three Peacekeepers of Russia Wounded in South Ossetia
Three peacekeepers of Russia were wounded during Georgia’s assault on South Ossetia. The building of peacekeepers’ headquarters was damaged as well, Interfax reported.
Georgia shelled headquarters of Russia’s peacekeepers from the Grad systems. The warplanes launched the assault against South Ossetia at night from August 7 to August 8. The trucks with humanitarian aid from North Ossetia to Tskhinvali were attacked as well.
According to Tbilisi, the troops conquered around a dozen of villages in South Ossetia by early August 8. Imedi even reported the capture of Tskhinvali but this information hasn’t been confirmed yet.
The two-day death toll could be from 15 to 27, according to various estimates.
Meanwhile, Georgia opened an international media center in Gori village to cover the war in South Ossetia. Gori is located roughly 30km from Tskhinvali, the capital of unrecognized republic. The media center will work for Georgia’s and foreign reporters 24 hours, Georgia Online announced with reference to Rustavi 2 TV Channel.
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