25 Years of the International Photojournalism Festival Visa Pour l’Image: a Tribute to Jean-François Leroy

2009 Visa d’or News: Wojciech Grzedzinski. Repeated military incidents on the border line between Georgia and South Ossetia, being part of Georgia's territory and also its rebellious province, caused the conflict to explode on midnignt of August 7, 2008, The irregular militias of South Ossetia received military support from the Russian Army. After a few days of struggle, the Georgian army was forced by Russian troops to leave South Ossetia. The hardest fights took place on a 30 kilometer sector between Gori and Cchinwali. The number of victims on both sides of the conflict is unknown. Georgian man holds body of his relative after attack of Russian air force on three civilian buildings in Gori, about 80 kms from Tbilisi, 9th of August 2008. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Dziennik)
25 Years of the International Photojournalism Festival Visa Pour l’Image: a Tribute to Jean-François Leroy
   
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