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The town played a major role in the [[2008 South Ossetia war]], with most of the [[Military of South Ossetia|South Ossetian military forces]] being located there<ref name="cast">{{Cite web|url=http://cast.ru/eng/?id=328|title=Main Page|website=cast.ru}}</ref> at the time of the Georgian offensive. During the [[Battle of Tskhinvali]], the government of South Ossetia relocated to Java.
Georgia had accused the Russian military of building a large military base in Java before the war. These concerns were brought by the [[President of Georgia]], [[Mikheil Saakashvili]], to the attention of the [[UN General Assembly]] on September 26, 2007.<ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/detail.php?id=15884 Saakashvili Attacks Russia in UN Speech]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Civil Georgia''. September 26, 2007.</ref> After the war, Russia announced it was constructing military bases in Java and Tskhinvali, which would be ready in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081119/118400373.html |title=Russia fully staffs bases in Abkhazia, S.Ossetia |date=19 November 2008 |website=en.rian.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501113517/http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081119/118400373.html |archive-date=1 May 2013}}</ref>
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