Joint Control Commission for Georgian – Ossetian Conflict Resolution Joint Control Commission for Georgian – Ossetian Conflict Resolution ( JCC ) is a peacekeeping organization , operating in South Ossetia and overseeing the joint peacekeeping forces in the region . Created in 1992 after the South Ossetian War , the Commission consisted of four members with equal representation : Georgia , North Ossetia , Russia , and South Ossetia . Georgia declared wish to withdrew from the JCC in March , 2008 , demanding a new 2 + 2 + 2 formula , including the EU , the Organization for Security and Co - operation in Europe ( OSCE ) and the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia on the place of North Ossetia . The command of the Georgian peacekeepers was transferred from the JCC to the Georgian Defense Ministry . The Commission was created by an agreement signed by the Head of Parliament of Georgia , Eduard Shevardnadze , and the President of Russia , Boris Yeltsin . Shevardnadze later succeeded Zviad Gamsakhurdia as the President of Georgia The Joined Peacekeeping Force ( JPKF ) created by the agreement consisted of three members with equal representation : Georgia n , Russia n and South Ossetian contingents . By September , 2008 , Georgia left the JKPF . Joined peacekeeping force ( JPKF ) in the 2008 South Ossetia war . At 11 : 00 p . m . , August 7 , the Georgian army began a massive artillery bombardment on the city of Tskhinvali , starting the Battle of Tskhinvali , the first major battle of the 2008 South Ossetia war . At 11 : 45 p . m . OSCE monitors reported that shells were falling on Tskhinvali every 15 – 20 seconds . According to Gia Karkarashvili , ex - minister of defense of Georgia , Georgian servicemen of the JPKF were ordered by the Georgian command to leave their posts on August 7 , at 3 : 00 p . m . This was one hour before the Georgian army received an order to move to the borders of South Ossetia . Karkarashvili claimed Georgian JPKF servicemen did not take part in the attack on the city they vowed to protect . However , Sergey Lavrov , minister of foreign affairs of Russia , later accused Georgian JPKF servicemen of taking part in the Georgian onslaught , and of " firing at their comrades - in - arms [ from JPKF ] " . Shortly before midnight of August 7 , Mamuka Kurashvili , then a commander of the Georgian JPKF battalion , claimed Georgia started an operation to " reinstate constitutional order " , and " cleanse the Georgian territory of criminal elements " . Kurashvili took part in the attack on Tskhinvali . Russian peacekeeping battalion played a major role in the defense of Tskhinvali during the Georgian onslaught . Ten peacekeepers from the Russian JPKF force were killed during the Georgian attacks on the base of Russian JPKF peacekeepers in Tskhinvali . Though vastly outnumbered , 250 Russian peacekeepers present in the cantonment repelled five Georgian attacks , destroyed six tanks , and four armored vehicles of the Georgian army . The peacekeepers were offering resistance for three days , until , on August 10 , with Russian army units coming over from Northern Ossetia , Georgian army had to retreat from Tskhinvali . The Georgian army failed to take the cantonment of the Russian peacekeeping battalion . Konstantin Timerman , acting commander of the Russian JPKF unit , was awarded the Star of Hero of Russia , the highest award in the Russian military , and several servicemen of the unit were awarded the Order of Courage and the Cross of St . George for military heroism .