South Ossetia War (2008)

Russo-Georgian War
Part of the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict and the Georgian–Ossetian conflict
Location of Georgia (including Abkhazia and South Ossetia) and Russian North Caucasus
Date 7–12 August 2008 (5 days) Location Georgia South Ossetia Abkhazia Result Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhaz military victory Expulsion of ethnic Georgians from South Ossetia and the Kodori Gorge Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia Russian military bases established in Abkhazia and South Ossetia Territorial changes Georgia loses control of parts of Abkhazia and former South Ossetian AO
Belligerents
Russia  South Ossetia  Abkhazia	Georgia
Commanders and leaders
Dmitry Medvedev Anatoliy Serdyukov Vladimir Boldyrev Marat Kulakhmetov Vladimir Shamanov Vyacheslav Borisov A. Khrulyov (WIA) Eduard Kokoity Vasily Lunev () Anatoly Barankevich () Sergei Bagapsh Mirab Kishmaria Anatoly Innokentyevich Zaitsev ()	Mikheil Saakashvili Davit Kezerashvili Zaza Gogava Mamuka Kurashvili David Nairashvili Alexandre Lomaia Vano Merabishvili
Strength
In South Ossetia: 58th Army (About 70,000 soldiers) Russian Airborne Troops 4th Air Force Command 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division Spetsnaz GRU Chechen mercenaries In Abkhazia: 7th Guards Airborne Division 76th Guards Air Assault Division Black Sea Fleet Total: 9,000 soldiers. 3,000 regular soldiers. 1,000 special troops.	Georgian Armed Forces In South Ossetia: 10,000–11,000 soldiers (including MIA Special Forces) 10,000 reservists mobilised. In Iraq: 2,000 soldiers. Ministry of Internal Affairs c.5,000 MIA Police Officers.
Casualties and losses
Russia Killed: 67 Wounded: 283 MIA: 3 POWs: 12 South Ossetia POWs: 27 Ministry of Defence: Killed: 27 Wounded: 69 Ministry of Internal Affairs: Killed: 10 Ossetian reserves: Killed: c.50 Abkhazia Killed: 1 Wounded: 2	Georgia Georgian Armed Forces: Killed: 169 Wounded: 947 MIA: 1 POWs: 39 Ministry of Internal Affairs: Killed: 11 Wounded: 227 MIA: 3 POWs: 10
Civilian casualties: South Ossetia: 162, according to Russia; 365, according to South Ossetia; 255 wounded, according to Russia Georgia: 224 civilians killed and 15 missing, 547 injured One foreign civilian killed and 3 wounded Refugees: 192,000 civilians displaced, (including 30,000 South Ossetians that moved to Russia; and 15,000 Georgians from South Ossetia per UNHCR that moved to Georgia proper). Estimate by Georgian official: at least 230,000.

Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhaz military victory

Russia

South Ossetia

Ministry of Defence:

Ministry of Internal Affairs:

Ossetian reserves:

Abkhazia

Georgia
Georgian Armed Forces:

Ministry of Internal Affairs:

Civilian casualties:
South Ossetia: 162, according to Russia; 365, according to South Ossetia; 255 wounded, according to Russia
Georgia: 224 civilians killed and 15 missing, 547 injured
One foreign civilian killed and 3 wounded

The Russo-Georgian War was a war between Georgia, Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The war took place in August 2008 following a period of worsening relations between Russia and Georgia, both formerly constituent republics of the Soviet Union. The fighting took place in the strategically important Transcaucasia region. It was regarded as the first European war of the 21st century.

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