Archive - 28/12/2025

About two thousand South Ossetian citizens are participating in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Republic's Foreign Minister, Akhsar Dzhioev, stated in the interview with the RIA Novosti.

"The number of citizens participating in the special military operation is quite significant for the small population of South Ossetia. It is approximately two thousand people. For us, this is a significant figure, as Ossetians are a small people," Dzhioev said.

South Ossetia hopes for a future railway connection with Russia, and the Republic would support such a project, South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev told RIA Novosti.

He has noted that currently, only a highway connects South Ossetia and Russia, but any transport artery connecting the two countries is of great importance. The launch of a railway connection, however, requires the expert assessment and political decisions, he has added.

Jointly confronting neo-fascism in the special military operation with Russia is important for South Ossetia, people of which people have always stood with Russia, Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev told RIA Novosti.

"Historically, the peoples of our countries have always been together. Residents of South Ossetia took active part in the Great Patriotic War, and today we are forced to fight a new form of fascism," the Minister said.

During the presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, South Ossetia faced genuine state terrorism from Georgia, Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev told RIA Novosti .

He has emphasized that under Saakashvili, Georgia exerted enormous pressure on the republic. He cited the creation of the "temporary administration" in South Ossetia by the Georgian authorities as the example of this policy.

"The country was effectively subjected to state terrorism, carried out by Georgia," the Minister said.