Well, not quite. The separatists and russian troops combined an attack on the 6th of august, and this is what the Georgian troops reacted to by going through Tskhinvali.
Care to provide better source then a blog site?
The site you referenced doesn't say anything about attack of Russian troops, it only says "the Russian military sent its invasion force bearing down on Georgia from the north side of the Caucasus Mountains". They also don't mention that South Ossetia denied the they started the attack. I don't think both Georgians and Ossetins can be trusted here, but it seems that the referenced site trusts everything that Georgians say.
Can you really trust them, if they declared ceaseire on August 7th, and attacked in 5 or six hours? And the last thing - in my opinion planning the attack on South Ossetia would take at least a few days, so Georgia started planning it before August 6th. I wonder if Russia knew about this impending attack, and sent their troops a few days in advance?
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"Yes, Georgians did attack"
Well, not quite. The separatists and russian troops combined an attack on the 6th of august, and this is what the Georgian troops reacted to by going through Tskhinvali.
Care to provide better source then a blog site? The site you referenced doesn't say anything about attack of Russian troops, it only says "the Russian military sent its invasion force bearing down on Georgia from the north side of the Caucasus Mountains". They also don't mention that South Ossetia denied the they started the attack. I don't think both Georgians and Ossetins can be trusted here, but it seems that the referenced site trusts everything that Georgians say. Can you really trust them, if they declared ceaseire on August 7th, and attacked in 5 or six hours? And the last thing - in my opinion planning the attack on South Ossetia would take at least a few days, so Georgia started planning it before August 6th. I wonder if Russia knew about this impending attack, and sent their troops a few days in advance?