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Georgia Planned to Capture Abkhazia in 2 Days
Georgia planned to capture Abkhazia during two days, by forces of three brigades of 9,000 troopers, the RF General Staff Deputy Chief, General-Colonel Anatoly Nogovitsyn announced August 27, during a news conference in RIA Novosti.
“In duration, the general plan for the operation was for two days, with the capture of Sukhumi and the entry into another line. The strength of forces in Abkhazia’s direction was three brigades, up to 9,000 servicemen overall,” Nogovitsyn said.
Georgia planned to attack Abkhazia in three directions – the Kodori Gorge, the eastern direction, the southern direction and the coastline, the south-west direction, the general specified.
With Sukhumi captured, Georgia was going to amass more troops and reach the state border with Russia to complete occupation of the region.
Nogovitsyn showed to journalists the captured e-map of the regional group of forces that operated in Abkhazia’s direction and unveiled the name of the planned operation; it was called “The Rock.”
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