"The Russians in Ossetia" YURI KOZYREV/NOOR for TIME
Russian soldiers rest on a tank in Tskhinvali, the capital of Ossetia.
Tskhinvali was the center of fierce fighting.
Dead Georgian soldiers lie beside a road in Tskhinvali.
Russian medical personnel treat a wounded Georgian soldier who was caught by Russian forces.
An Ossetian volunteer crosses a road in Tskhinvali.
Women mourn two girls and their father killed by Georgian artillery fire.
A Russian unit rests after fighting had ceased.
South Ossetian volunteers lie on the floor of a hospital basement.
Russian tanks pass a Georgian tank that was destroyed in the fighting.
Many residents waited out the four days of fighting in basement shelters.
© YURI KOZYREV/NOOR for TIME