The EU Report: Georgia started the conflict

The European Union's report of September 30, 2009 on the conflict in South Ossetia lays the blame for the attack on Georgia.  It states that Georgia broke international law and attacked South Ossetia's population center, Tskhinvali without the provocation from Russia that they claimed.  The report states that Russia's initial response in protecting Russian and South Ossetian civilians and Russian peacekeepers was justified, but criticized Russia for crossing the South Ossetian frontier into Georgia.  

The report very clearly contradicts Georgia's assertions and the narrative in the Western press and from some American politicians that Georgia was the victim of a Russian attack.