AAAS Analysis of Satellite Images Finds Hundreds of Structures Damaged in South Ossetia Fighting

Satellite images captured before and after the 7-8 August clash between Georgia, South Ossetian separatists, and Russia reveal that 424 civilian structures near Tskhinvali were damaged by 19 August, although they appeared intact in images taken on 10 August and earlier, according to a new AAAS report.

The satellite-image analysis, completed by the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program at the request of Amnesty International USA, shows 202 damaged structures on 10 August, plus an additional 424 damaged structures on 19 August that did not appear damaged in the earlier image, for a total of 626 points of destruction affecting civilians.

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