In the last two days, crossed more than 30 000 refugees Ossetins the border with Russia. In specifying the Interfax reported by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Sobyanin.Picture: Channel Vesti24All refugees, mostly children and women who have turned to Russia hilfebittend get medical help and supplies.As the vice-premier said both declared themselves ready for the regions of the Southern Federal region, as well as other subjects of the region to absorb the refugees. The events in the conflict zone he called “humanitarian catastrophe”.
In the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia lived before the armed conflict around 70 000 people, about half of them in the capital Zchinvalli. During the last days of the war the city was almost completely destroyed.
Freed Meanwhile, the 58th Russian army with the assistance of the VDV and GRU Spetsnaz a division of the city entirely by Georgian military forces. According to the latest estimates, the number of fallen soldiers and volunteer fighters in the South Ossetian capital of approximately 1600 people.
Newest Vesti television images of Tskhinvali
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