Armed Forces of South Ossetia
The Armed Forces of South Ossetia is the military of the partially recognised state of South Ossetia. It includes an Army and an Air Corps.
Armed Forces of South Ossetia
A South Ossetian soldier in 2011.
A South Ossetian military colour guard during a parade in Donetsk in 2018.
Members of the South Ossetian armed forces during a parade in Tskhinvali in May, 2009
South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali.
South Ossetia before the war
Tskhinvali in August 2008
Palm Sunday procession in Tskhinvali
The Dzuarikau–Tskhinvali pipeline, delivering natural gas from Russia to South Ossetia, went online in 2009.