The start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" id="mwAZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russo-Georgian War">Russo-Georgian War</a> over the territory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia" id="mwAZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>.<sup about="#mwt252" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Karlsson"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Karlsson-48"}}' id="cite_ref-Karlsson_48-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-Karlsson-48" id="mwAZ0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 48;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZ4">[48]</span></a></sup>