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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.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching an initiative by the families of the missing persons on August 10 to install boxes for anonymous notes and launch a helpline to contact people who may have any information about the fate and whereabouts of the missing, the ICRC press service told IA “Res”.

The head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin said about the "clear desire" of the European Union, the United States and Switzerland to disrupt the work of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia. He wrote about this in his telegram channel.

Acting Defense Minister of South Ossetia, officers of the military administration, personnel of the units paid tribute to the memory of the fallen servicemen of the national army - the defenders of the Republic, the press service of the defense department has reported.

A flower-laying ceremony was held at the memorial to the heroes of South Ossetia Amiran Bagaev and Azamat Dzhioev. The servicemen died heroically in an unequal battle with the units of the Georgian army that entered Tskhinval from the east.

Residents of Tiraspol gathered at the Memorial of Glory and honored the memory of the victims of Georgia's attack on South Ossetia on August 8, 2008 with a minute of silence.

The head of the representation of South Ossetia in Pridnestrovie, Vitaly Yankovsky, highly appreciated the role of Russia, which stopped the armed conflict, and the contribution of Pridnestrovians in the restoration of what was destroyed in Tskhinval.

In memory of the perished, those present laid flowers at the temporary memorial "South Ossetia. War 08.08.08".

The flower-laying ceremony at the places of death of the Defenders of the Fatherland took place on Monday in South Ossetia as part of the events dedicated to the 14th anniversary of the war in August 2008.

Flowers and wreaths were laid at the memorials by officials headed by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, ex-presidents Leonid Tibilov and Ludwig Chibirov, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, representatives of parliament and law enforcement agencies.