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FACTBOX: Casualty tolls in Caucasus conflict

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:25am EDT

(Reuters) - Reports of casualties in South Ossetia and Georgia put the combined number of dead at above 2,000 since fighting broke out late on Thursday.

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Below are the latest figures from all sides involved in the conflict.

RUSSIA

* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Sunday that more than 2,000 people, mostly Russian citizens, had died in the conflict zone.

* On Saturday Russian Ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko said at least 2,000 civilians had died in Tskhinvali alone as a result of fighting between Russian and Georgian forces, according to Interfax news agency. He said 13 Russian peacekeepers were killed and up to 70 injured in the fighting.

* Sergei Sobyanin, the Russian government chief of staff, said 30,000 South Ossetian refugees had fled to Russia since early on Friday.

GEORGIA

* Kakha Lomaia, the National Security Council secretary, said on Sunday that 40 civilians killed and more than 200 wounded but gave no details.

* A source in the Georgian government told Reuters on Saturday 129 Georgian civilians and military were killed and 748 wounded.

* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Russian aerial bombing had killed around 30 Georgian soldiers.

SOUTH OSSETIA

* South Ossetia's President Eduard Kokoity on Friday said about 1,400 people had died in Tskinvali.

(Compiled by Moscow bureau)



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