This BBC Documentary “Inside South Ossetia” aired on BBC World News November 2008.
BBC takes a look at the destruction and devastation that South Ossetia endured during the attack from Georgia in August 2008 and the response from Russia.
In part 1 below, you feel the pain of a mother who lost her 21 year old son. She had to close his opened eyes after he bled to death from being hit in the neck by shrapnel from an artillery shell.
Part 1:
Who fired the first shot?
BBC goes on to show us that both sides blame each other. Georgia submits a tape that they lost and couldn’t find for a month as evidence Russia invaded Georgia first, but the evidence clearly shows Georgia is responsible for starting this conflict on August 7, 2008 when they attacked South Ossetia.
Part 2:
BBC reports that in retaliation for attacking South Ossetia, South Ossetians burned down ethnic Georgians homes and forced them out of South Ossetia.
Initial estimates of South Ossetia civilian deaths were estimated at 1500-2000. BBC reports them at around 150-350 – still a tragedy and a war crime.
Part 3:
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