Parliament Speaker commemorates “Shindisi heroes” killed in 2008 war with Russia on anniversary of battle
In the engagement on August 11, 2008, a 21-member detachment of Georgian soldiers came face-to-face with Russian troops in the village of Shindisi on the fourth day after the start of the conflict. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who lost their lives in an unequal engagement with Russian forces in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the 2008 war between the two states by saying “our future generation grows up on the story of Shindisi’s heroes”.
Our future generation grows up on the story of the Shindisi heroes. Their love and sacrifice for their motherland is the strength of our country’s unification. I bow before them. Glory and eternal memory to the heroes”, Papuashvili said.
In the engagement on August 11, 2008, a 21-member detachment of Georgian soldiers came face-to-face with Russian troops in the village of Shindisi on the fourth day after the start of the conflict.
Being greatly outnumbered, they were ordered to surrender by the Russian troops but issued a strong refusal and inflicted significant losses on the enemy in a 45-minute subsequent uneven battle that also left 17 of the 21 Georgian servicemembers killed.
The war between Russia and Georgia took the lives of 169 servicemembers and professionals of the Ministry of Defence, along with 19 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 224 civilians.
Around 30,000 citizens of Georgia were forced to abandon their homes in the now-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, said on Thursday the “deeds and heroism” of Georgian servicemembers killed in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war placed a “big responsibility” on the Government to ensure peaceful development of the country, in comments commemorating the anniversary of a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the conflict where a group of Georgian soldiers heroically lost their lives in an unequal engagement with the invading forces.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who heroically lost their lives during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war in a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village.In his comments, Garibashvili said the Shindisi Battle was “one of the most impressive and outstanding battles in modern Georgian history”.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Monday laid wreaths at the memorial of police officers killed in the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, as part of events commemorating the 14th anniversary of the conflict.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday laid wreaths at the memorial for the servicemembers killed in the 2008 war with Russia and reiterated the country and its citizens had experienced “greatest tragedy” in the conflict.
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