From August 8 to 12, 2008, in response to military aggression, the Russian Federation was forced to conduct a military operation to force Georgia to peace.
On August 12, the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia was completely liberated from the Georgian occupiers.
On the same day, the "Medvedev-Sarkozy Plan" was adopted in Moscow, signed in the Kremlin on August 14 by Presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, on August 15 by President of Georgia, and on August 16 by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
People of South Ossetia believed that this day would be followed by a major event that would lead to August 26 - the recognition of the Republic by the Russian Federation, Victory Day in the Patriotic War of 1989-2008.
Every day of the five-day war of August 2008 is important and should be described in detail in the modern history of Ossetia.
The entire period from 1989 to 2008 will always be remembered by every Ossetian as the years of Georgia's war against South Ossetia.
