So where are the people who accused me of starting a war or falling for provocation in 2008? Are you still pushing that narrative?

Georgia's third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, speaks out about Russia's recognition of Ukraine's occupied territories and draws parallels with the 2008 war. According to him, no matter what Ukraine and Georgia do, recognition will still happen, with the difference that the Russians would have taken Tbilisi as well.

In reality, Putin has backed down and refused to attack Ukraine. It was the unprecedented unity of the West and the unification of the Ukrainian people that caused this.

What he supported was already in his control. By doing so, he formally killed the Minsk agreements and acknowledged occupier status.

So where are the people who accused me of starting the war or falling for provocation in 2008? Are you still pushing that narrative? Do you see Ukraine now? And no matter what Georgia would have done, "recognition" would still have happened. But Georgia, unlike Ukraine, has no strategic depth, and the Russians would take Tbilisi.

"We kept our capital and our statehood," Mikhail Saakashvili wrote.