over there, the russian-controlled breakaway region, formally georgian of south ossetia. moment anyway, georgia, but who knows? the border has been known to inch forward unpredictably. often in the dead of night to the point that families have gone to sleep in georgia and woken to find themselves living in russia, swallowed up overnight. before 2008, khurvaleti was home to more than 60 families. today, just nine families are left hanging on. >> dima: so that cow is in south ossetia, both of them. there was story actually on that, an old lady basically woke up and her cow appeared to be on the other side of the fence because they did it during the night. >> anthony: right. >> dima: and so she would walk up every morning and would milk cows through the fence to get her milk. it can't be that bad, yeah. >> anthony: journalist and fixer, dima bit-suleiman covered the war here seven years ago and continues to report from the region. >> dima: so like that house. >> anthony: they had the misfortune to go to sleep in georgia and wake up in russia. >> dima: exactly. but look at th