At the moment, South Ossetia is like a ship after a terrible storm. Many of its crew are dead. Others are trying to repair the ship and set a course in one direction: north, towards Russia. 
     People are in deep shock. Every day, there are funeral ceremonies in Tskhinvali and the surrounding villages, many of which have been burned. 
     At the funerals, people tell the stories of when and how their relatives were killed. People blame the Georgian government, even Georgian soldiers' mothers - how could they allow them to terrify and kill children and elderly people? But people do not say "Georgians". It is hard for them to articulate the name. Instead, they call them "our treacherous neighbours".
      The South Ossetian government reported that 2,100 civilians have been killed by Georgian troops. It is difficult to verify the number because many are still buried in the rubble of the cellars where they were hiding. There is a putrid smell in the streets of Tskhinvali.
       Local volunteers and Russian constructors are repairing schools, houses and hospitals and clearing the streets. The Ossetian home-guard men are resting - sleeping at home or, for those whose homes were destroyed, in vehicles captured from the Georgians. The Russian military are nowhere to be seen in Tskhinvali. Instead, the streets are littered with incinerated Georgian tanks. It must be hard to throw them away with the rubbish.

                         http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/08/south-ossetia-georgian

            Published 21 August 2008 by Larisa Sotieva, humanitarian worker based in South Ossetia

 Here you can see the roll of honour with names and photos: http://hunu.livejournal.com/1402.html
Sorry, but it is written with Russian language.

Alan Kochiev returned from Tzhinval to Moscow and removed scales from a lot of people’s eyes. Some people thought that his “live journal” was a fake. They argued that it was impossible to write from heart of a war. In the press-conferences Alan explained that his first posts he wrote from a notebook and later sent with SMS other notes. Alan’s friend received it and post to Alan’s “live journal” by himself.

The mobile phone with all these SMS’s texts was demonstrated in the press-conference.

“I saw how Georgian tank had burnt an ossetian family who had been trying  to leave the city. Tank just had  shot their car. We could take the woman from there, but her husband and child had stayed in the burning car”.

The press-conference with Alan Kochiev (this is his “live journal”) took place in the press-centre of the Inform Agency “REGNUM” on 15^th august. Alan Kochiev is the leader of youthful Ossetian diaspora in Moscow. A few weeks ago he arrived in Tzhinval – the heart of the Ossetian-Georgian war – and was an eye-witness and also one of participant of the war. On the press-conference Alan spoke about first days of the war and the defence of Tzhinval.  

Today we took part in one military operation in georgian village “Taramasheni”. Some georgians are really scoundrels. They run away and left georgian children and old men all alone, because weak persons will make troubles.

The situation in South Osetia become normal. We set the control on almost all places. But also we will have to check up all villages, all cellars and attics in the town.

We also were in ex-base of Russian Peacekeeping Force in Tzhinval. There are many dead bodies around. Air smells of decay. There are some burned tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in the roadside.

can't accept that they lost. They really lost their faces. They are unhumans. In one of our villages they ensnared a mother with her daughter and cut their heads off... Later they taunt and scoff at women's corpses! What kind of violations we will able to suffer? I don't know...

                 Rest In Peace!

     I have not any more. Boys told my that many people use to read my “live journal”. (I spoke phone with my friends).

     Please, hand over this Tzhinval's photo. I will try to do new one's.

    We forced arm warehouse in the morning. Almost everybody have their own gun now. Russian forses arrived at last. They encircled the town and kicked out georgians. We're taking positions throughout the city. We departed women and children. there are so many deadmen.
    Captive georgian said, that only 100 from 500 tankmen survived yesterday. He is mechanician from tank crew. Our guys take georgian tank, put him at wheel and ride to shoot off Georgians. The captive fought with all one's might.

    I have only a tommy-gun in my hands. And nothing more. It would be difficult to charge my mobile phone. It is problem – to do it here. We have not electric light. We have not gas. There are not safe houses.

    Give me some news! There is the information blockade! The connection is almost absent.