Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze, alongside Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze and members of the Cabinet, participated in a ceremony honoring the memory of the 17 heroes who sacrificed their lives during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. The tribute, led by Metropolitan Andria of Gori and Athens, was held with the presence of clergy at the Shindisi memorial.

The memorial commemorates the 17 soldiers of the Second Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Defense Forces who heroically perished on August 11, 2008, near the Shindisi railway station.