The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
On the night of August 7, 2008, began a steady bombardment of the populated areas of South Ossetia. At midnight a village Dmenis was fired from the Georgian-controlled village of Eredvi, Sarabuk, Satikar, and the southern outskirts of Tskhinval.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
By August 5, 2008 the aggravation of the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict was not reduced, that night the Georgian side shelled twice the positions of law enforcement bodies of the Republic. Fortunately, there were no victims. The South Ossetian side still refrained from returning the fire, hoping that the talks could be resumed and the war could be avoided. In the zone of conflict had been serving the OSCE observer mission, the tripartite peacekeeping forces. People were still hoping that these organizations would ensure the parties to sit down to talks and declare a cease-fire.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
On the night of 3 August 4, 2008 the law enforcement authorities of South Ossetia continued to monitor the concentration of the Georgian armed forces. Throughout the night their posts were being fired by snipers. The situation in the Republic remained extremely tense.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
On the night of August 3, Georgia started to draw up forces to the border of South Ossetia, preparing for the assault. From the military base in Gori began moving up the artillery battalion – the part of the fourth mechanized infantry brigade of the Defence Ministry of Georgia.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion...
A massive artillery bombardment of populated areas of South Ossetia, which began on August 1, lasted throughout the night. Six people were killed and twelve injured.
In the night of August 2, the Georgian side has brought down fire on the sleeping town. Heavy fire from automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades was conducted upon the uptown. The ambulances, which were delivering the wounded to the hospital, also came under fire.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion...
By the beginning of August the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict become strained down to the limit. The constant provocations by the Georgian side, shelling the settlements of South Ossetia, forced security forces of the Republic to begin more active strengthening of their positions.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion...
July 30, 2008 the KGB of South Ossetia issued a statement that the Georgian side in order to destabilize the political situation in South Ossetia and to extrude the Ossetian population from the territory of the Republic, intended to continue the policy of escalation of tension in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
Georgian special services committed a series of terrorist acts, sending eight car bombs into the territory of South Ossetia.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
At the end of July 2008 the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict escalated down to the limit. The Georgian armed forces started regularly shelling the capital and the villages of South Ossetia.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
The population of South Ossetia for more than 20 years of confrontation with Georgia repeatedly faced the economic, humanitarian and psychological blackmail. Every time the official Tbilisi tried to find justification of its sophisticated actions. Another "peace initiative" of the Georgian authorities for "settlement" of relations with South Ossetia was a water blockade of Tskhinval and the districts of the Republic, which began in the spring of 2007 and continued until August 2008.
The war in August 2008. On the eve of invasion ...
During the year 2008, before the beginning of the invasion
of South Ossetia, the Georgian authorities had been actively
preparing for aggression. After a series of terrorist actscarried out by Georgian special services in the territory of
the Republic in July, became more frequent the shelling of
Tskhinval. Georgian troops had been preparing more active
for the war, the Georgian drones almost daily violated the
airspace of South Ossetia.
July, 25 2008 the commander of the Joint Peacekeeping