Georgian armed forces continue organizing provocations in the bordering area. Today, at 17:10, two Toyota trucks carrying 10-12 people entered the vicinity of the village of Koshki. They opened fire on the village of Disev on the territory of South Ossetia. This incident has been reported by the RSO MoD.
On 23 January, after a six-month suspension, the supply of Russian gas to South Ossetia through Georgia resumed. The authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia confirmed that the Agara-Tskhinval gas pipeline started working in its routine regime. Under grave winter conditions, when rehabilitation works are ongoing in South Ossetia to reconstruct social and economic infrastructure ruined during the August 2008 hostilities, the population of the Republic critically need energy supply from Russia.