Original sentence: The situation in Transnistria is similar to that of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, breakaway parts of Georgia, in the sense that the tensions have risen to military conflicts after the demise of the Soviet Union, and that Russian troops and volunteers from Russia were involved on the side of the separatists
Edited sentence: The situation in Transnistria is somewhat similar to that of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, de facto independent but internationally recognised as parts of Georgia, in the sense that the tensions have risen to large-scale military conflict after the independence of Moldova and Georgia from the Soviet Union, and that Russian troops and/or volunteers from Russia were largely present