Georgia invaded one of its neighboring states, ossetia, that broke off and became an independent state in the 1990s. While the whole of Ossetia is an independent state, south Ossetia was a previous territory of Georgia and Georgia, wishing to regain its lost territory, invaded. Ossetia however, has gained close ties with russia in the past years and now has the Russian military on their side. Russia now is attacking Georgia for invading its ally, but instead of staying within Ossetia, they are crossing the border into Georgia and fighting there, as well as bombing areas outside zones in which fighting is taking place.
War started at 7aug. 2008. and still continues in South Ossetia
Tskhinvali is the capital of South Ossetia Georgia, where the fighting between Russian and Georgian troops has been taken place.
It depends on who you ask. South Ossetia is considered to be a sovereign nation by a few countries. However, most countries consider South Ossetia to be part of the country Georgia.
Georgia has no eternal enemies, but it has a strongly antagonistic relationship with Russia and the Russian-supported breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. While there is a certain degree of cooperation and travel permissions between Georgia and Russia or Georgia and Abkhazia, Georgia has no relationship with South Ossetia.
Communists named this peace of Georgia < South ossetia >, there lived Georgians! Ossetians with Russians killed and kicked Georgians from there , because Russians wanted punish Georgia for its loving of freedom and democracy.
The breakaway territory of Georgia that was originally supported by Russia is South Ossetia. Following a conflict in the early 1990s, Russia recognized South Ossetia's independence in 2008 after a brief war between Georgia and Russia. This recognition has not been widely accepted internationally, with most countries viewing South Ossetia as part of Georgian territory.
South Ossetia is located in the South Caucasus.
South Ossetia is located in the South Caucasus.
Because in the war between Russia and Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia took side with the Russians, so it's like the Russians owe them something. The Russians also bribed Nauru to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia by giving them aid
The population of South Ossetia is 72,000.
It's not the conflict between South Ossetia and Russia, it's the conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia. South Ossetia (Further SO) used to be a part of Georgia but the people from SO wanted to get independence and lived happily in their republic. But Georgia didn't want to let them go, the president of Georgia is fully concerned that he has the right to govern SO and its territories. And Georgia started bombig the capital of South Ossetia to show that they own it. Thousands of peaceful south ossetians died. Russia threw its armed forces to protect people of South Osetia and to make Georgia calm down... No success yet, seems like the whole world wants the third world war. Like people have nothing else to do...