War in Abkhazia (1998)

War in Abkhazia (1998)
	Part of the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict
Date	18–26 May 1998; (1 week and 1 day)
Location	Gali District, Abkhazia, Western Georgia
Result	Abkhazian victory
Belligerents
Abkhazia	Georgian separatists White Legion; Mkhedrioni; Forest Brothers;
Commanders and leaders
Sergei Bagapsh	Zurab Samushia; Dato Shengelia; Gujar Kurashvili
Strength
1,500 troops	400 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
Abkhazia:; 8 killed; 17 wounded; Georgian sources:; 300+ killed; dozens wounded	Georgian sources:; 17 killed; 24 wounded; 56 captured; 6 missing; Abkhazia:; 160 killed
	35 Georgian civilians killed; 30,000–40,000 displaced

The War in Abkhazia in 1998 took place in the Gali district of Abkhazia, after ethnic Georgians launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian separatist government. The conflict is sometimes referred to as the Six-Day War of Abkhazia; however, this name only takes into account the Abkhazian offensive that lasted from 20 to 26 May 1998, while hostilities and insurgent attacks had already occurred before that date.