South Ossetia

South Ossetia is a disputed region and partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, that was an autonomous oblast or province in the years of the Soviet Union.

History
South Ossetian declared independence from Georgia in 1990, calling themselves the Republic of South Ossetia. Georgian government responded by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to re-establish its control over the region by force. This crisis led to the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War and two other conflicts, in 2004 and 2008. The 2008 conflict led to the Russia–Georgia war, during which Ossetian and Russian forces gained full de facto control of the territory of the former South Ossetian autonomous oblast.

It was during this conflict that Agent Grant Ward of S.H.I.E.L.D. was sent to Georgia, and made several contacts in the area.

In 2013, when Agent Phil Coulson's team of agent delivered some classified intel to The Hub, Agent Victoria Hand requested that agents Grant Ward and Leo Fitz infiltrated into South Ossetia and disabled a weapon called the Overkill Device.

Agents Ward and Fitz tried to reach Ward's old contacts in South Ossetia. They ended captured, but subsequently liberated thanks to Fitz's resourcefulness, gaining help to cross the border.

Ward and Fitz located the Overkill Device, and while disabling it, realized there was not going to be an extraction for them. Both decided to stay and finish the mission together, escaping with the help of a modified version of the Device. While S.H.I.E.L.D. teams started raiding the compound, the rest of Coulson's Team arrived in The Bus to extract Ward and Fitz.