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22:57, 11 August 2008
South Ossetian refugees arrive to Kabardino-Balkaria
On August 11, 170 refugees from South Ossetia were brought to Nalchik from the temporary tent camp deployed in North Ossetia by four buses; they were accommodated in boarding houses. Now, over 300 refugees, children and adults, are sheltered by Kabardino-Balkaria.
19:35, 11 August 2008
Volunteers from Ukraine leave for South Ossetia
Members of the Ukrainian Voluntary Corps of the Eurasian Humanitarian Mission have left for South Ossetia, as Leonid Slavin, coordinator of the Voluntary Corps, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on August 11.
18:00, 11 August 2008
Over 20 persons killed by air attack on Georgian city of Gori
On August 9, at bombardment of the city of Gori, Georgia, by Russian aircrafts over 400 persons were wounded, more than 20 were lost, as reported by the administration of the Georgian city.
17:50, 11 August 2008
Critically wounded patients from South Ossetia arrive to hospitals in North Ossetia
Most of those wounded in South Ossetia arrive to the Central Clinical Hospital (CCH) of North Ossetia. Some of the CCH doctors have left to render help in the conflict zone and to the border, as Kazbek Gusov, CCH's Chief Physician, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
14:29, 11 August 2008
Gagloeva: Georgian militaries have burnt women and children in South Ossetian church
On August 8, Georgian militaries drove thirty women and children into an Orthodox church, and then blew it up. Irina Gagloeva, a spokesperson of the government of South Ossetia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
12:19, 11 August 2008
Russian-Georgian postal, marine and air communication stopped
It has become known today that, like in 2006, the postal and marine communication between Russia and Georgia has been suspended. The air communication was stopped on August 9.
11:56, 11 August 2008
"Yug" special fighters from Chechnya are ready to volunteer to South Ossetia
200 servicemen of the special purpose battalion of the Interior Troops of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs named "Yug" (South) and deployed in Chechnya have expressed their readiness to volunteer to the war in South Ossetia, as one of battalion officers asserts.
10:49, 11 August 2008
Volgograd gathers humanitarian help for South Ossetian refugees
On August 10, all the districts of Volgograd opened points for gathering humanitarian help intended for peaceful residents of South Ossetia. Already in the next few days, Volgograd plans to send medicines for the victims in the South-Ossetian conflict zone.
20:35, 10 August 2008
Casualty count of war in South Ossetia goes up
So far, neither of the parties of the conflict that has burst out in South Ossetia has failed to present complete data on their casualties in the tragic events, however, the count of warfare victims from the first days of fights in the region is in thousands.
23:51, 9 August 2008
Georgian tanks and infantry invade Tskhinvali
The infantry of Georgia has entered the capital of South Ossetia, and several Georgian tanks have broken through the defence line and also entered Tskhinvali. South Ossetian fighters show resistance to the invasion. The city is shelled.
21:45, 9 August 2008
Russia to allot 10 billion roubles for restoring houses in South Ossetia
Tonight, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has arrived to Vladikavkaz and met leaders of North Ossetia to discuss the matters of rendering assistance to South Ossetia in the context of the events in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. Mr Putin has ordered to allot 10 billion roubles for restoration of dwelling houses in South Ossetia.
18:41, 9 August 2008
Abkhazia starts forcing Georgian troops out of Kodori Gorge
President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh has made a decision to start driving Georgian armed forces out of the upper section of the Kodori Gorge. Christian Bzhaniya, President's official spokesman for media, has announced this at a briefing.
17:35, 9 August 2008
Residents of North Ossetia collect things for South Ossetian refugees
Today, the Ministry for Matters of Youth, Physical Culture and Sports of North Ossetia has started to collect things for refugees from South Ossetia. People are mostly bringing children's clothes.
16:29, 9 August 2008
Georgian capital accepts refugees from South Ossetia
Today, refugees from South Ossetia have started to arrive to Tbilisi. The capital's Mayoralty asserts that they can accommodate all of them.
13:18, 9 August 2008
Tskhinvali residents have no potable water, electricity and gas
Because of huge destructions, Tskhinvali now experiences sharp shortage of potable water and absence of gas and electricity. Periodic bombardments of Tskhinvali prevent to organize evacuation of wounded persons, women and children, and to count total victims of combat clashes in the city.
12:02, 9 August 2008
Shamba: international mediators lull vigilance of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Making his comments on the outcomes of the extraordinary UN Security Council sitting held in New York on the situation in South Ossetia, Sergey Shamba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, has stated that international intermediaries, who had been assuring that Georgia would not apply force, lulled the vigilance both of Ossetians and Abkhazians.
10:52, 9 August 2008
Hackers attack Georgian and Ossetian websites
A great number of websites run by Georgian and Ossetian information agencies have suffered from hackers' attacks within the latest 24 hours. In the evening on August 8, the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia was also cracked.
22:52, 8 August 2008
Kokoity: over 1400 persons fell victims of Georgia's attack on South Ossetia
Tonight, President of the non-recognized republic Eduard Kokoity has reported that over 1400 persons were victims of Georgian troops' attack on South Ossetia.
22:04, 8 August 2008
STOP THE WAR<br><em>Statement from "Memorial"</em>
The history of conflict in the Caucuses over recent years demonstrates a long chain of mistakes and crimes. We call on you to not forget this history.
21:48, 8 August 2008
Saakashvili: Georgian troops keep whole South Ossetia under control
As of 9:00 p.m., the governmental troops of Georgia had complete control over the territory of South Ossetia and all the settlements, except for the high-mountainous Dzhava village, as President Mikhail Saakashvili announced tonight in his TV address to the nation.
News
The road to 14 villages in Dagestan is blocked due to a landslide.

The resumption of sea passenger service between Sochi and Sukhumi has been announced.

Khasan Tumgoev. Photo screenshot: https://t.me/MAKalimatovvv/12021. A lieutenant colonel from Ingushetia was killed in the SVO zone.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.