 While before 8 August, more than half of South Ossetian territory was controlled by the Georgian authorities, after capturing five South Ossetian villages Georgia was controlling two-thirds of the South Ossetian territory.In the early morning, an unspecified number of Abkhaz troops were sent to the border of the arms limitation zone between Abkhazia and Georgia proper after Abkhaz Security Council had decided so.However, high combat readiness was not yet announced.