International community agreed that Russia was right in this conflict. Georgia attacked and killed piecekeepers that happened to be Russians and then Georgian army was pushed back where it came from. Also it wasn't Putin but Medvedev who was making decision on retaliating on Georgia.
Do you honestly believe that Medvedev made any decisions? Putin still called all the shots and Medvedev was just a puppet whose presence was to make Russia look more like a legitimate democracy. After 4 years Putin decided he couldn't be bothered continuing with that little facade and changed the constitution so he could serve as "president" indefinitely.
Both sides were at fault in the South Ossetia "war" and it's not quite as simple as Georgia merely launching an unprovoked attack killing noble peacekeepers in South Ossetia. The word "peacekeeper" suggests an impartial force, which the so called "Russian peacekeepers" were not. In reality, Russia had been taunting and bullying Georgia for some time prior to that, angry with its pro-western path and especially aspirations to join NATO and the EU. There had been many skirmishes in the months prior to the "war", including roadside bombs and assassination attempts on pro-Georgian figures in the area.
Of course, none of this justified Georgia launching a full scale military campaign to take back the separatist province, and their actions were incredibly foolish and reckless. Whether Russia was right to defend it is a matter of debate, but it was certainly NOT acceptable for Russia to launch a bombing campaign on cities in Georgia proper such as Gori and to send its troops into such places. They occupied Gori and Poti for almost two weeks.
Supporting Ukrainian government is like supporting if Canada or UK (under coup government that later has been legalized after shady elections) started mass repressions against Quebecians and Scotts calling everyone "separatists" and "terrorists" and then people would have taken weapons against Canadian and British dictatorship regimes. Sounds impossible? Well, in Ukraine that's reality.
I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but it sounds a lot like the reality in Crimea, where anyone who opposes the occupation is labeled "separatists" and "terrorists". This applies to anyone who wants to merely display a Ukrainian flag in public.
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