 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Ossetian Republican Guard yakarongedzwa musi wa15 Mbudzi 1991 kutora chikamu mukudzivirira guta guru renyika reTskhinvali. Vhiki imwe chete gare gare, Mutungamiriri weGeorgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia akarayira kuti masoja anopfuura 10 000 aende kuRepublic. Apo rakasikwa, rakanga riri zvikurukuru boka rakasununguka rakarongwa ramagandanga. Yakanga iri mutori wechikamu mu1991-1992 South Ossetia Hondo, kugovera varindi 2,400 kuti varwisane nemauto anobva kuNational Guard yeGeorgia. Musi wa 17 Mbudzi 1992, Supreme Soviet yeSouth Ossetia yakabvumidza kuumbwa kweBazi rezvekudzivirirwa kutungamira mauto. Zvikamu zvokutanga zvehondo zvemauto ehurumende zvakaumbwa muna February 1993. Zvikamu zvokutanga zveMoD zvaiva Military Intelligence Unit neArtillery Division. 