Battle in the Liakhvi Gorge

Battles in the Liakhvi Gorge
	Part of Russo-Georgian War
	; A map of the russian offensive in the Liakhvi Gorge.
Date	7–9 August 2008; (2 days)
Location	Liakhvi Gorge, near the Liakhvi Strict Nature Reserve, Georgia
Result	Russian & South Ossetian victory Georgian failure on blocking the Roki Tunnel and the village of Gufta; Successful georgian evacuation of soldiers and civilians; Start of the Battle of Tskhinvali;
Belligerents
Georgia	Russia; South Ossetia
Commanders and leaders
Mamuka Kurashvili; David Nairashvili	Vasily Lunev; Anatoly Khrulyov; Alexander Zhuravlyov; Sulim Yamadayev
Units involved
Defence Forces of Georgia Georgian Ground Forces; Georgian Air Force;	Russian Armed Forces 58th Army Vostok battalion; 19th Motor Rifle Division; ; 76th Airbone Division; 98th Airbone Division 31st Separate Airborne Brigade; ;
Strength
11,700 military personnel, 891 armored vehicles and 138 artillery pieces	700–1,500 men; Around 150 tanks and armoured carriers

The Battles in the Liakhvi Gorge were fought between Russian and Georgian forces during the Russo-Georgian War. The battle began with the entry of Russian troops into the territory of South Ossetia through the Roki Tunnel after 2008 Caucasus exercises. After the end of the battle, units of the Ossetian militia army burned several villages located in the Georgian enclave north of Tskhinvali.