There came unclear instructions that we should not start because someone had to come, the journalists had to come, the truck came up with a tribune, flags - the combat action began 7-8 hours late due to this delay, which was in no plan - Lasha Koyava on August 8, 2008

Former Head of the Land Medical Department, Veteran of War, Lasha Koiava, at the sitting of the Parliamentary Interim Investigation Commission, where the situation is discussed in the occupied territories of Georgia in 2004-2008 and the August 2008 war, he spoke about the reasons for the delay of fighting.