On August 7 and 8,
South Ossetia marks 12th anniversary of Georgia’s assault.
TSKHINVAL, August 8.
/TASS/. More than 2,000 residents of South Ossetia participated in a memorial
event to remember victims of Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia in 2008, a TASS
correspondent reported.
On August 7 and 8,
South Ossetia marks 12th anniversary of Georgia’s assault.
"Twelve years
are not a short period of time. During this time, we have been living a
peaceful life, when our children do not hear blasts and parents don’t have to
hide them in basements. By this time, South Ossetia has walked a long road,
fighting for decades for the right to self-determination and the right to live
on our historical land," President Anatoly Bibilov said during the
memorial ceremony.
During the event,
about 600 photographs of Georgian aggression’s victims - civilians, Russian and
South Ossetian soldiers - were installed at the ‘Wall of Memory’ erected at the
main square of the country’s capital Tskhinval. Residents brought candles to
stone pedestals in the form of bloodstained rocks, installed near the wall.
"Today’s event
is devoted to two tragic dates - the 12th anniversary of Georgia’s August
aggression and the 100th anniversary of genocide of Ossetians," Bibilov
said.
On August 8, 2008
Georgia mounted an overnight armed attack against South Ossetia. Russia intervened
to protect civilians and its peacekeepers. In the five-day armed clash, more
than one thousand people, including 72 Russian peacekeepers, lost their lives.
On August 26, 2008 Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and
Abkhazia.
Source: ITAR-TASS
08-08-2020
