FACTBOX: Casualty tolls in Caucasus conflict

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:25am EDT
 
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(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.

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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