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War in South Ossetia (2008)

Russo-Georgian War
Part of the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict and the Georgian–Ossetian conflict
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Location of Georgia (including Abkhazia and South Ossetia) and Russian North Caucasus
Date 7–12 August 2008 (5 days)
Location Georgia
Result

Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhaz military victory

Territorial
changes
Georgia loses control of parts of Abkhazia and former South Ossetian AO
Belligerents
 Russia
 South Ossetia
 Abkhazia
 Georgia
Commanders and leaders
Russia Dmitry Medvedev
Russia Anatoliy Serdyukov
Russia Vladimir Boldyrev
Russia Marat Kulakhmetov
Russia Vladimir Shamanov
Russia Vyacheslav Borisov
Russia A. Khrulyov (WIA)
South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity
South Ossetia Vasily Lunev ()
South Ossetia Anatoly Barankevich ()
Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh
Abkhazia Mirab Kishmaria
Abkhazia Anatoly Innokentyevich Zaitsev ()
Georgia (country) Mikheil Saakashvili
Georgia (country) Davit Kezerashvili
Georgia (country) Zaza Gogava
Georgia (country) Mamuka Kurashvili
Georgia (country) David Nairashvili
Georgia (country) Alexandre Lomaia
Georgia (country) Vano Merabishvili
Strength
Russia 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.
South Ossetia 3,000 regular soldiers.
Abkhazia 1,000 special troops.
Georgia (country) 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 Russia

  • Killed: 67
  • Wounded: 283
  • MIA: 3
  • POWs: 12

South Ossetia South Ossetia

  • POWs: 27

Ministry of Defence:

  • Killed: 27
  • Wounded: 69

Ministry of Internal Affairs:

  • Killed: 10

Ossetian reserves:

  • Killed: c.50

Abkhazia Abkhazia

  • Killed: 1
  • Wounded: 2

Georgia (country) 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 Russia

South Ossetia South Ossetia

Ministry of Defence:

Ministry of Internal Affairs:

Ossetian reserves:

Abkhazia Abkhazia

Georgia (country) 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, which borders the Middle East. It was regarded as the first European war of the 21st century.


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