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Kokoity Claims 1.400 Killed in Tskhinvali
Friday, President of the South Ossetia breakaway republic Eduard Kokoity: Over 1400 people were killed as a result of shelling and hostilities, Interfax reported.
Kokoity stressed that it was preliminary information only. “Over 1.400 were killed. Later we’ll have more accurate data, but the order of the approximate number is really that big. We received this information from the relatives of those killed.”
Late on Thursday the Georgian party started shelling the capital of South Ossetia claiming that they were carrying out an operation restoring the constitutional order in the breakaway republic. On Friday morning the land phase of the operation – the storm of Tskhinvali – began, with Georgia’s armored machines and Air Force engaged.
Russia’ sent its 58th Army to the zone of hostilities. In the evening South Ossetia’s authorities reported that they managed to oust the Georgian troops from the city, with Russia’s military contributing much to it. In its turn, Georgia claims to keep control of Tskhinvali.
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