I hate shameless propaganda there. Check Reuters about that:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSLB9471020080811

The opposite side coverage could be found here:
http://en.rian.ru/onlinenews/

But for the serious unbiased scientific view of the events on the subject I'd watch for this article live development:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_South_Ossetia_(2008)