Eleven years since the August war - on August 5, 2008, just north of the Roki Tunnel, thousands of Russian heavy military vehicles and thousands of troops were mobilized on the Russian side, waiting to enter Georgia. Some of them had already crossed the tunnel and were on the territory of Georgia.
Nevertheless, the Kremlin still insists that on August 8 the Tskhinvali population was forced to flee from the Georgians. As a result of the five-day war, more than 100,000 Georgian citizens were displaced, 1800 were wounded, 170 Georgian military personnel, 14 police officers and 300 civilians were killed.