Russia’s 2014 interventions in Ukraine occurred because the international community did not punish it sufficiently for its military intervention in Georgia in 2008, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.
In 2008, a war of words erupted into armed confrontation between Georgia, Russian-backed separatists in Georgia’s north and northwest, and the Russian armed forces. The five days of fighting killed over 800 people and the anniversary of the conflict gives rise to debate in the media every August.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the eighth anniversary of the altercation, arguing that events in Georgia were a precursor to …read more
Source: Newsweek
