“On the night of August 7-8, 2008, Russia sent troops into the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia after Georgia attacked the region’s main city, Tskhinvali, where Russian peacekeepers were based...”
That from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or do you consider that a “commie” source?
Tskhinvali is recognized as part of Georgia by all countries apart from Russia and a couple of its close allies. The Russian “peacekeepers” were based in Georgia.
Georgia never attacked Russia. Genocidal Nazi Russia attacked Georgia in support of ethnic separatists and helped those separatists ethnically cleanse thousands of innocent Georgian civilians.