After Putin finally realized the western world would stand against him as long as he wouldn't stoop to being a comprador, he called them out on it. Right after that the Georgian government, under orders from the US, sent troops into Abkhazia and South Ossetia, forcing Russia to take defensive action to save civilian lives.
In a way Georgia was Ukraine 0.5 Beta.
After Putin finally realized the western world would stand against him as long as he wouldn't stoop to being a comprador, he called them out on it. Right after that the Georgian government, under orders from the US, sent troops into Abkhazia and South Ossetia, forcing Russia to take defensive action to save civilian lives.
Except Georgia preferred to make quick peace after defeat and not to turn into a meatgrinder.
It was because of Shakasvili who is in georgian jail. He was installed there by bush
For additional irony Saakashvili moved to Ukraine after Maidan and became a governor in Odessa.
Because US told him to XD