Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 awakened the worst memories for Georgians. If Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to take Kyiv within a few days was successful, Georgia, located in the Caucasus region, would have been under tremendous risk of expecting the same. Fortunately, that did not happen, owing to Ukraine's surprising resilience and the radical shift of the West's Russia policy—from appeasement to accountability.
This was a clear illustration of the cost for Putin's appeasement, but it would take 14 more years for many Western nations to realize it.In 2008, Putin failed to accomplish his main objective of overthrowing a democratically elected government and changing Georgia's foreign policy course. Therefore, since the 2008 war, Georgia has been at a heightened risk of Russia's recurrent aggression, especially since Georgians have never changed their goal of EU and NATO integration.
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