List of wars involving Abkhazia

This is a list of wars involving post-Soviet Abkhazia (1991-present).

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Head of State of Abkhazia	Georgian losses	Abkhazian losses
War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)	Abkhazia Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Supported by: Russia^[a]	Georgia	Russian and abkhaz victory^[1] Abkhazia becomes a de-facto independent republic	Vladislav Ardzinba	4,000 combatants and civilians killed,^[2] 10,000 wounded, 1,000 missing,^[2] 250,000 ethnic Georgians displaced.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]	2,220 combatants killed, ~8,000 wounded, 122 missing in action, 1,820 civilians killed.^[2]
Guerilla War in Abkhazia (1993-2008)	Abkhazia Russia	White Legion Forest Brothers Mkhedrioni	Abkhazian Victory Georgian Guerrillas defeated Start of Russo-Georgian War		?	?
War in Abkhazia (1998)	Abkhazia	Georgian separatists White Legion Mkhedrioni Forest Brothers	Abkhazian victory		Georgian sources:^[7] 17 killed, 24 wounded, 56 captured, 6 missing. Abkhazian sources:^[8] 160 killed	Abkhazian sources:^[8] 8 killed, 17 wounded Georgian sources:^[7] 300+ killed, dozens wounded
Russo-Georgian War (2008)	Russia South Ossetia^{[note 1]} Abkhazia^{[note 2]}	Georgia	Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhaz victory Ethnic cleansing of Georgians from South Ossetia and the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia^[9] Russian military bases established in Abkhazia and South Ossetia Severance of Georgia–Russia relations Georgia loses control of Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, as well as Akhalgori Municipality and parts of the Tskhinvali District in South Ossetia.	Sergei Bagapsh	See main article.

List of wars involving Abkhazia

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