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  • Russia–Georgia war
Strength
  • 810
  • 2000
  • 2900
  • 5000
  • 9000
  • 10000
  • In Abkhazia:
  • In South Ossetia:
  • In South Ossetia: 10,000–12,000 soldiers. Total: 18,000 soldiers, 10,000 reservists
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Partof
  • the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict and the Georgian–Ossetian conflict
Date
  • --08-16
Commander
  • Vladimir Putin
  • Dmitry Medvedev
  • Anatoliy Serdyukov
  • Eduard Kokoity
  • Mikheil Saakashvili
  • Davit Kezerashvili
  • Sergei Bagapsh
  • Vladimir Shamanov
  • Alexandre Lomaia
  • Anatoly Barankevich
  • Anatoly Khrulyov
  • Anatoly Zaitsev
  • David Nairashvili
  • Lado Gurgenidze
  • Mamuka Kurashvili
  • Marat Kulakhmetov
  • Sulim Yamadayev
  • Vano Merabishvili
  • Vasiliy Lunev
  • Vladimir Boldyrev
  • Vyacheslav Borisov
  • Zaza Gogava
Territory
  • Georgia loses control over parts of Abkhazia and former South Ossetia AO it previously held. Around 20% of Georgia is no longer under government control.
Caption
  • Location of Georgia and the Russian part of North Caucasus
Casualties
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 50
  • 70
  • 71
  • 135
  • 136
  • 429
  • 503
  • 693
  • Georgian Armed Forces
  • Civilian casualties:
  • South Ossetia
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs 11 KIA, 3 MIA, 227 WIA
  • Georgia *Killed: 171 *Wounded: 1,147 *Missing: 11 *POWs: 39
  • *Killed: 36 *Wounded 79 *POWs: 27
  • Abkhazia *Killed: 1 *Wounded: 2
  • Engineer Brigade: 4 KIA
  • Georgian Air Force: 5 KIA
  • Georgian Land Forces:
  • Georgian Navy: 5 KIA
  • Ministry of Defense: 26 KIA, 69 WIA,
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs: 6 KIA, ? WIA,
  • National Guard of Georgia: 9 KIA
  • Ossetian Peacekeeping Battalion: 4 KIA, 10 WIA,
  • Other: 5 KIA
  • Russian Air Forces 6 KIA
  • Russian Ground Forces:
  • Separate Light Infantry Battalion: 2 KIA
  • Separate Tank Battalion: 22 KIA, 3 MIA
  • Special Forces: 1 KIA
  • TOTAL: 56 KIA
  • Total: 140 KIA, 8 MIA
  • Volunteers: ? KIA, ? WIA
  • Russia *Killed: 64 *Wounded: 283 *Missing: 3 *POWs: 5
  • One foreign civilian killed and 3 wounded ----(Refugees: At least 158,000 civilians displaced . Estimate by Georgian Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs: at least 230,000.)
  • Georgia: According to Georgian sources, 224 civilians killed and 15 missing, 542 injured
  • South Ossetia: 162 according to Russia, 365 civilians and military according to South Ossetia
Result
  • Russian/South Ossetian/Abkhazian military victory *Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent republics by Russia, Nicaragua. Venezuela, Nauru, Vanuatu, and Tuvalu. *Expulsion of most ethnic Georgians from former South Ossetia AO and from the Kodori Gorge.
combatant
  • Georgia
  • Russia
  • Abkhazia
  • South Ossetia
Place
  • South Ossetia, Abkhazia, uncontested Georgia
Conflict
  • Russia–Georgia war
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