Armed conflict in South Ossetia (1989)

A selection of stories about the armed conflict in South Ossetia.

Filming in Tskhinvali on November 25, 1989: internal troops, footage of rallies, excerpts from an interview with a doctor about the wounded in the hospital, with Tskhinvali residents and refugees.

An interview with the head of the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs A.L. Rostovtsev about the military actions.

The presenters read the news reports.

Correspondent of the newspaper "Sovetskaya Ossetia" P. Khozity talks about the information blockade of Tskhinvali.

The general situation in the villages and towns, statistics of the dead and wounded.

Delays of humanitarian aid columns on the "Road of Life" from Tskhinvali to the Java (Dzau) district.

A bakery stops.

A rally of Tskhinvali residents.

Head of "Gruzglavenergo" Z.V. Mindili about the blockade of electricity supplies to populated areas.

Local residents about the absence of any ethnic discord.

Kremlin: Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the draft decree with the heads of the creative unions of the USSR. Interview with Andrei Vasnetsov and Oleg Efremov about the results of the meeting.