On August 7–8, commemorative events were held in the Republic of South Ossetia dedicated to the 18th anniversary of the start of Georgia’s military aggression against South Ossetia.
On August 7, a solemn memorial ceremony was held at the “Defenders of South Ossetia” memorial complex, during which the participants laid flowers at the memorial and lit candles in memory of the fallen.
On August 8, memorial services for the victims of the August war were held at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Church of the Holy Trinity.
Further an official ceremony was held to lay flowers at the sites where the defenders of South Ossetia lost their lives, including at the destroyed barracks of Russian peacekeepers, the “Tree of Sorrow” – the central monument of the “Museum of Burned Souls” in the village of Tbet, the site where Oleg Galavanov died, the monument to Amiran Bagaev and Azamat Dzhioev, the monument to Hero of Russia Denis Vetchinov, the monument to the fallen OMON officers, the monument on Heroes Street, and the monument to the pilot of the Budyonnovsky regiment, Vladimir Edamenko.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, A.M. Dzhioev, and the Ministry’s staff took part in the commemorative events.
August 8, 2026