Georgia is much more complicated. Georgia invaded the de facto independent state of South Ossetia. Russia sent troops into South Ossetia to repel the Georgian i

Georgia is much more complicated. Georgia invaded the de facto independent state of South Ossetia. Russia sent troops into South Ossetia to repel the Georgian invasion and then chased Georgian troops into Georgia proper. South Ossetia was an autonomous oblast in the Georgian SSR. When the USSR disintegrated, Georgia and South Ossetia fought a war, which ended up with a truce that lasted until the Georgian invasion in 2008.