The Embassy of Georgia in Chisinau issued a press release whereby it reminds that 13 years ago, Russia invaded Georgia on land, at sea, by air and via cyberspace, and committed a full-scale military aggression against Georgia and illegally occupied Georgia’s indivisible regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, IPN reports.
The Embassy noted that nine out of twelve Georgian regions became target of Russian aviation bombardments; more than 30 cities and villages, including Tbilisi and Kutaisi were shelled by Russian strategic bombers and military aircraft; cluster bombs and other types of prohibited weapons were used... Although on 12 August 2008 the Russian President undersigned the EU-mediated Ceasefire Agreement and obliged to withdraw all its military forces to the pre-war positions, Moscow continued aerial bombardments throughout the whole territory of Georgia, and two weeks after the Kremlin decided to recognize the so-called independence of Georgia’s indivisible regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia.
In connection with the anniversary of this tragic date, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia on 6 August accused Moscow of conducting a disinformation campaign as regards the Russian-Georgian war of 2008. This is said in a statement by the Georgian department of foreign affairs. Новости-Грузия reported that the flags in the country were flown at half-mast on 8 August so as to commemorate the victims of the events of August 2008. Commemoration events organized by the government and public organizations were held all over the country. In the military events of August 2008, the Georgian side lost 408 persons, 170 of whom were service members, 14 were police officers and 224 were civilians.
IPN notes that as Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, following the military intervention of the 14th Army of the Russian Federation, in 1992 lost control over the districts from the left side of the Nistru River. Moscow refuses to renounce its military presence in the region – both by transforming the military “peacekeeping operation” into a police mission and by withdrawing the munitions and remains of the 14th Army that is now called “ОГРВ” and stays illegally on the country’s territory.
