On August 8, 2008, Russia attacked Georgia and started the first interstate war in Europe in the 21st century. That day can be considered as the first open military aggression in a series of subsequent wars of aggression by Putin’s Russia, to which the world community failed to react in due time.

On August 8, 2008, Russia attacked Georgia and started the first interstate war in Europe in the 21st century. That day can be considered as the first open military aggression in a series of subsequent wars of aggression by Putin’s Russia, to which the world community failed to react in due time.