Georgia Updates Casualty Figures

The officially registered number of Georgian citizens killed in the conflict is 295, as of September 8, according to a report released by the Georgian government.

One hundred and eighty six of them are military and 109 – civilians. In a previous interim report, the number of civilian dead stood at 69.

According to the report, 14 Georgian soldiers are still missing.

Three journalists were also killed in the conflict – two locals and one Dutch cameraman.