In the summer of 2008, Georgia tried to discipline this breakaway region & Russia responded with great force
... the withdrawal of Russian forces from territory bordering South Ossetia (SO) 
and... [DOC] [TLE] russian operational art in the russo-georgian war of 2008 - Defense ... [PAR] Mar 25, 2009 ... forces to apply it in a war, a matter of strategic importance to Russia.