Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The team of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia won the first race of the "Tank Biathlon" of the International Army Games-2022. According to the press service of the defense department, the crew reached the finish line in 33:06, having hit 4 targets out of 5.

The crew commander is Colonel Taimuraz Gubaev, the gunner-operator is Senior Lieutenant Andrei Sabanov, the driver-mechanic is Captain Soltan Kulukhov," the department clarified.

They noted that the second place in this race was taken by the team of Iran, the second - by Mali, the third - by Zimbabwe.

The events of the military-technical Forum "Army-2022" with a demonstration of modern weapons of the Southern Military District will be held at the Russian military base in South Ossetia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

"In total, on the territory of the Southern Military District, the Forum will be held at 16 sites of the Patriot military-patriotic parks of 9 regions of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Southern Military District and Russian military bases in Armenia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia," the press service said.

The war of August 2008 found Elbrus Kochiev at the outpost of the OMON of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia. He, along with his colleagues, was waiting for an order, which still did not come. Instead, there was a war. Elbrus remembered those few days from August 8 to 12 for the rest of his life, as he himself told IA “Res”.

At that time, Kochiev was working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the Department for the Protection of Public Order. He was the Deputy Head of the Department.

The day before, a charity concert was held in the Chermen Concert Hall in Tskhinval in support of the participants in the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

Professor of the Alexandra Tibilov South Ossetian State University, Head of the Department of Biology, Head of the Laboratory of Biomedical Research of the University Teimuraz Kokoev received an invitation to two international conferences, which will be held simultaneously in Taiwan from October 28 to November 1 this year.

This was reported to “Res” by the professor himself.

Today, relatives of the missing persons and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the authorities of the Republic, began installing anonymous boxes in border villages, as well as in districts of the Republic, so that people who have useful information regarding the fate or whereabouts of the missing persons can share it, said the Presidential  Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of South Ossetia, Inal Tasoev.

A charity concert in support of participants in Russia's special military operation in Ukraine will be held in South Ossetia on Wednesday, the initiator of the concert, a singer Albert Laliev, told IA “Res ".

Commemorative events dedicated to the fourteenth anniversary of the beginning of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia were held at the embassies in Moscow, Sukhum, Tiraspol, at the foreign offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in the European countries, the tragic events of those days were remembered in friendly states, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic reported on its official site.

Servicemen of the special forces battalion of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia honored the memory of their colleagues, perished during the repulse of the Georgian military aggression in the August 2008 war, the press service of the defense department reported.

The draw for the Individual Race stage among the teams participating in the Tank Biathlon competition of the International Army Games - 2022 took place in the Patriot Park in the Moscow Region.

According to the results of the draw, the team of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia will be competing on green combat vehicles and will be competing with teams from Iran, Mali, Zimbabwe, the press service of the defense department reported.