The Russians played the big stick. They used total and ultimate force to achieve their aims. They weren’t going to get suckered into years of tit-for-tat conflict over the disputed regions. For the Russians it was the final solution to the problem and they used their superior firepower to achieve their aims. Why is this so hard for you to understand?
The game set and match for the Russians will be when the international community are forced to send peacekeeping troops in and set up buffer zones. The Georgians have no capability to oust the Russians from those annexed regions so essentially the Russians have achieved their militay aims.
Because the Russians look like fools sending 1,000 armored vehicles to only take two tiny provinces. Not only that but they destroyed an entire Sea Port. Utter fools.
The game set and match for the Russians will be when the international community are forced to send peacekeeping troops in and set up buffer zones.
How is that any better then the position they had ? They were the peacekeepers. They could do anything they wanted in those provinces.
The Georgians have no capability to oust the Russians from those annexed regions so essentially the Russians have achieved their militay aims.
The Georgians were already out of South Ossetia. That is why the tunnel was available for use by the Russians.