What Russian military bases were attacked PRIOR to Russia becoming the aggressor? None.==
It is just a georgian lie.
“...MOSCOW, August 8 (Reuters) - More than 10 Russian peacekeepers have been killed during fighting in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, news agencies quoted a top Russian military commander as saying on Friday.
“As a result of Georgian shelling more than 10 of our peacekeepers were killed and nearly 30 were wounded,” deputy commander of ground forces Igor Konashenkov said. (Writing by Oleg Shchedrov) https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL8187260 ...”
Peacekeepers are a members of military so attack on them is a casus belli.
What Russian BASES, Ivan; which is what you claimed. None. Russian forces joined the fight against Georgia, and some were killed by Georgian forces.
Your source is a “top Russian military commander.” You crack me up. Did you ever hear of the cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov and later the Soyuz 11 crew? We listened to their comms as they were crashing to their deaths, and then we read the lying tripe that the Russian authorities trotted out as the “official” reports of the mishaps, and they were nothing like what we heard direct from the sources themselves. We listened to all your stuff, Ivan.