Russian-Georgian clash

In August 2008, American-Russian relations were strained, when the Russian Federation invaded Georgia. Russia claimed that it was a mission to protect Georgian separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from a Georgian military offensive. However, Russian military didn't stop in these regions and continued towards Georgian capital. The United States chose to support Georgia in the conflict, sent humanitarian aid to Georgia and helped with withdrawal of Georgian troops from Iraq.

Georgian government official have acknowledged that it was Georgia that started the war, and some have also stated that Georgia commenced hostilities with prior approval from Washington. During a hearing by a Commission of the Parliament of Georgia, President Mikhail Saakashvili acknowledged that he had initiated the war. Further, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, Georgia's former ambassador to Moscow and a confidant of President Saakashvili, testified that Georgian officials told him in April 2008 that they planned to start a war in Abkhazia, one of two breakaway regions at issue in the war, and had received a green light to start the fighting from the United States government. He said the Georgian government later decided to start the war in South Ossetia, the other region, and then to continue into Abkhazia.

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