In order to repel the Georgian attack and to comply with the commitments of Russia under the 1992 Agreement and use the right of self-defense, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, the units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation entered South Ossetia to help the Russian peacekeepers. After the liberation of South Ossetia and suppression of Georgian positions which were bombing its territory on 12 August 2008, Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, decided to conclude the operation since it has achieved its objectives. The security of our peacekeeping forces and civil population was restored.
On 10 August 2008, in the context of the attack of Georgian military forces on South Ossetia and exposure of plans for a similar operation against Abkhazia, a Russian military force was sent to the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone. The main task of the Force was to exclude a repetition of the situation, when Russian peacekeepers were killed in Tskhinval as a result of the Georgian attack on 8 August 2008, prevent the expansion of military operations to the Abkhaz territory, protect Russian citizens and other civilians, and to prevent a humanitarian disaster.
On 12 August, the Abkhaz side started an operation to force the Georgian armed formations from the Kodori valley and establish its control over the upper Kodori valley. On 13 August, the Valley was transferred under the responsibility of the civil administration of the Gulripsh district of Abkhazia.
64 Russian military personnel were killed as a result of the Georgian attack on South Ossetia, including 12 peacekeepers, and more than 323 were wounded. Civilians comprised about 1,500 victims. Tens of thousands of South Ossetian civilians lost their homes, were deprived of water and food. Within four days 35 thousand refugees crossed the Russian border.
On 25 August 2008, both Chambers of the Russian Federal Assembly unanimously adopted their statements in support of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, recommended the executive branch to implement all procedures necessary for its recognition by the Russian side in response to the official request of Tskhinval and Sukhum.
On 26 August 2008, Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, signed Decrees on the recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by the Russian Federation.
7) When Mikheil N. Saakeshvili came to power, militarization in Georgia reached a scale that exceeded the defense needs of the country and covered almost every sphere of the military development.
In 2007, the military personnel of the Georgian army exceeded 32,000 which is twice as much as the “optimal number” recommended to Georgia by US experts in 2005. In July 2008, the Armed Forces of Georgia reached 37,000.
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