The present round of hostilities began on August 8, when Georgian troops launched an operation to regain control of South Ossetia. Missiles fired from a position near Ergneti, above, were aimed at the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.

War in Georgia

Fighting escalates in the separatist enclave of South Ossetia

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