Original sentence: A military conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia broke out in January 1991 when Georgia sent troops to crush the South Ossetian separatist movement.The sepratists were helped by former Soviet military units, who by now had come under Russian command
Edited sentence: A military conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia broke out in January 1991 when Georgia sent troops to subdue a South Ossetian separatist movement.The separatists were helped by former Soviet military units, who by now had come under Russian command