Leszek, check the map next time. Uragan from Southern Ossetia bobmbing opsitions in Abkhazia - that takes quite an imagination. Why not assume that Putin bombed himself from Moscow? And why do you think Abkhaz do not have their own mass rocket firing systems? It's not rocket science, sorry for the pun.

Yes, Russia shelled Georgian troops. They started their aggression by bombing Russian peacekeepers' barracks, killing at least 15 people with the very first attack. It's war Georgia started, and they have to pay for it.

Lastly, there is a difference between bombing small military camp after Georgian aggression (regular military action) and destroying a 30-thousand city without warning.

One more important thing you might not have known: by the ceasefire agreement between Georgia and Osetia in 1992 (since when Ositia as de facto independent from Georgia, i.e. it wasn't a part of Georgia even more than 1 year) Russia is empowered as the peace guaranteeing side. Georgia signed the agreement, mind it! Now, if your task is to guarantee the peace, what should you do when one side mass-attacks the other and your peacekeeping forces too?

Also, HRW and RFE aren't unbiased organizations, whose arguments you could accept at their word.

I would be glad if you responded to the comment instead of making series of new weak arguments, please.