preparation of Russian-Georgian war 01-08-08

01.08.08 - 1 year later

At 8 o’clock in the morning on August 1, 2008, a car of Georgian police blew up on a mine. Because of a blast, five Georgian police officers were seriously injured. From the afternoon of August 1, until the next morning South Ossetian and Georgian forces were exchanging fire, consequently six Ossetian soldiers were killed, 13 people were injured.