In August 2019, a territorial claim of the separatist Republic of South Ossetia on Georgian controlled territory escalated into a security crisis. This occurred after Georgian authorities constructed a police observation post in Georgian controlled territory near the conflict line. The course of the so-called “border” in the area between South Ossetian controlled Tsnelisi and Georgian controlled Chorchana is disputed by South Ossetia.

The crisis led to a de facto South Ossetian annexation of Georgian administered territory. Incidently, the escalation occurred only two months after “Gavrilov Night”, when fierce Georgian anti-Russian protests against a provocative appearance of Russian Duma member in the Georgian parliament led to an angry Russian response and sanctions.

This page is a chronological overview of developments since August 2019 (last updates at the bottom of the page), including backgrounds on various aspects.

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