Reuters is now reporting that the same general Kabud mentioned is indeed badly wounded.

Was his command vehicle radiating signals like a lighthouse I wonder? And was that coordinate fed into the fire control computers of Georgian artillery? The dataset is too thin, but you can catch glimpses of the Georgian way of war. Decapitation strikes, hitting choke points, getting inside the OODA cycle of the Russians.

If the Russians are having a hard time of it, then now is the time to offer them a face saving out. Otherwise the Russians may, in their wounded pride, just up the ante. Come back with more. Do whatever it takes. And how do you persuade the Georgians from gloating, if indeed they can gloat? Like I’ve argued previously, the name of this game is reassuring your ally so that you can keep them from running off into dangerous ground. Enthusiasms are dangerous.