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Hostilities erupted in the early hours of Aug. 8 local time between the forces of the former Soviet state of Georgia and South Ossetia, a self-declared republic in Georgia’s north central region.

South Ossetia first declared independence in a war in 1993, a feat made possible and sustained until today only with the de facto backing of the Russian Federation. Moscow sees South Ossetia as an excellent tool for preventing Georgia from joining the West.

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