A North Ossetian fighter runs for cover under sniper fire 04 November 1992 in North Ossetia. Nearly 100 Ossetians and 50 Ingushis have been killed in clashes in North Ossetia, CIS-Russia, and Russian troops entered several villages in this region in an attempt to quell the ethnic fighting between the Ossetians and the Ingushi. (COLOR KEY:green grass in background.)

Members of the Russian peacekeeping forces in South Ossetia walk through farmers fields with contained land mines after the completion of a demining operation on the outskirts of Tskhinvali, August 7, 1992. People who fled the region are returning home after Russian peacekeeping forces were installed in the troubled area in mid July. (AP Photo/Vladimir Sachek)

This bullet-hole was left after Georgian artillery shelled residential areas in Tskhinvali in June 1992.

South Ossetians escorted by Georgian troops leaving the country in April 1991.