In recent days, explosions have been occurring in South Ossetia. As a result of one such explosion, the head of the joint headquarters of the peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone, Colonel Ivan Petrik, was killed. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the head of the South Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mikhail Mindzaev. Naturally, South Ossetia accuses Georgia of organizing the terrorist attack, and Georgia blames the Russian special services.