In 2008 backed by USA Saakashvili, president of Georgia started war against South Osetia and killed OSCE soldiers. Russia entered the next day and kicked his ass, left Georgia and placed military base in S. Osetia and Abkhazia as they asked to do it for protecting them.
That is all well known and one can find in any official sources of UN and OSCE.
Georgian war was the first time Western Media used info-wars against Russia. I remember very well how all Western TV channels were broadcasting burning houses and screaming women claiming: it was what Russians were doing to Georgians. But in a few weeks the OSCE delegation both Georgia and Ossetia and confirmed: Western so to say "journalists" were taking videos of victims of Georgians in Ossetia and presenting them as victims of Russians in Georgia. Also OSCE has filed a report about their investigation which Western "journalists" have NEVER delivered to their audience and this the people like Toddster are still sure "it was Russian aggression against Georgia".
Very quickly, social media was dominated by assertions that the Russians had
“invaded” Georgia, a mistruth amplified by the mainstream press, most of which still repeats the canard today. This, despite a 2009 European Union-sponsored
report which
clearly concluded that Tbilisi started the conflict.
Indeed, a famous
viral comment saw one user ask (with apologies to the English language):
“I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie."
South Ossetia conflict: Concerned US citizen gets her Georgias confused
Report:
On the night of 7 to 8 August 2008, a sustained Georgian artillery attack struck the town of Tskhinvali
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“In the Mission’s view, it was Georgia which triggered off the war when it attacked Tskhinvali (in South Ossetia) with heavy artillery on the night of 7 to 8 August 2008,” stated Heidi Tagliavini, who led the investigation.
While it criticized Moscow for sometimes going
“far beyond the reasonable limits of defense,” the EU-backed team rubbished Saakashvili’s assertion that Tbilisi was pushing back against a Russian invasion, saying it found no evidence to support his allegations. Instead, the team confirmed that Russia’s counter strike was initially legal.
However, even a decade later, Russia’s intervention is misrepresented across the mainstream: with the aggressor/victim mix-up lingering.
The EU report is seemingly regarded as inconvenient, at best.