A memorial service for the victims of the August 2008 war was held in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tskhinval on Tuesday. The prayer service was served by the priest of the Alanian Diocese, father Jacob (Khetagurov).
Khetagurov has noted that it is impossible to forget the August events of 2008.
The leadership of the Republic of South Ossetia laid wreaths and flowers at the places of death in August 2008 of the defenders of Ossetia and civilians of the Republic.
The laying ceremony began at the destroyed barracks of the Russian peacekeeping battalion. In August 2008, Russian peacekeepers were the first to take the aggressor's blow.
Russia's decision in August 2008 to protect South Ossetia from Georgian troops was right, Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, told RIA Novosti.
The Foreign Minister has reminded that in August 2008, while the whole world was watching the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Georgian army, trained according to NATO standards, tried to occupy South Ossetia.
Fifteen years ago, tragic events took place in South Ossetia, which, without exaggeration, can be called a turning point in the modern history of the South Ossetian people, dividing the life of the country into "before" and "after", the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia says on the 15th anniversary of Georgia's armed aggression against South Ossetia.
On the 15th anniversary of the tragic events of August 2008, South Ossetia is once again appealing to the entire civilized world with a call to condemn the Georgian aggression against the people of the Republic and is calling to account all those responsible, the RSO Embassy in the Russian Federation said in the message sent to all diplomatic missions accredited in the Russian Federation. to all diplomatic missions accredited in the Russian Federation, as well as to the interests section of Georgia at the embassy Switzerland.
In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow (the Lower Temple) a memorial service will be served for those who died as a result of the Georgian aggression in August 2008, the press service of the RSO Embassy in the Russian Federation reports.
The Ossetian units in the zone of the Special Military Operation received technical equipment from President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev and the head of North Ossetia Sergey Menyailo. This was reported to journalists by the press Secretary of Alan Gagloev Natalya Bosikova.
“The cargo contains control kits, several dozen of the latest and most effective kamikaze drones, which have already been tested by the fighters - they have already nicknamed the drone “usurper”. These means will allow our fighters to more effectively perform assigned combat tasks..
Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia announced the events for the 15th anniversary of the August war and the 15th anniversary of the recognition of the Republic by Russia.
Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev took part in the conference "Club of Friends of Russia" at the invitation of the leadership of the International Children's Center "Artek".
According to the press service of the Embassy, the conference discussed the history and modernity of Russian diplomacy, the dialogue of cultures as a basis for mutual understanding and cooperation.
From August 2 to September 30, citizens of South Ossetia are granted the right to carry out certain types of economic activities, in particular, purchase and transportation of agricultural products, in the border zone of the Tskhinval, Znaur and Leningor districts of the Republic without obtaining appropriate permit.
This was reported by the press service of the State Security Committee of the Republic.