A top Russian general said today that 64 of his country's soldiers were killed in this month's fighting with Georgia and 323 were wounded.
The figure given by Colonel Genral Anatoly Nogovistsyn, deputy head of the general staff, reduces the fatality toll from the initial figure of 74 but substantially raises the number of wounded. Russia previously had said about 170 were wounded.
Earlier this month, Georgia cracked down on the breakaway territory of South Ossetia, which is aligned with Moscow and wants independence. Russia responded by sending its troops and tanks across the Georgian border.
Georgian officials have said they lost 160 soldiers and that 300 are missing. Russia claims Georgian losses are much higher.
Civilian casualties remain unclear. South Ossetian officials today said 1,492 civilians in the breakaway province had been killed.
The investigative committee of the Russian prosecutor general's office today confirmed 133 civilian deaths in South Ossetia, but said it could not be sure of a complete figure because many victims had already been buried.
