On the same day they raped Georgian teenagers, and along with the Abkhaz militants, committed atrocities against Georgian civilians in the village of Ordzhonikidze.
After the Abkhaz capture of the city one of the largest massacres of the war was committed against the remaining and trapped Georgian civilians in the city.
Large numbers (about 5,000) of Georgian civilians and servicemen were evacuated by Russian ships during the last hours of the battle.
He's credited with freeing of 200 Georgian prisoners and facilitating rescue of 3,000 Georgian civilians who fled the conflict zone.
Similarly, after the South Ossetia war in 2008, relief from PIN was delivered only to Georgian civilians.
An estimated 250,000 Georgian civilians fled the embattled region after the fall of Sukhumi.
It also confirms that Georgian civilians and peacekeepers were under attack, on Georgian soil, before August 7.
Roughly 200,000 to 250,000 Georgian civilians became Internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The Russian border guards allowed part of the Georgian civilians and military personnel to cross the border, and then transported them to Georgia proper.
The Peoples Guard of Georgia was a volunteer force of Georgian civilians, who resisted the Red Army invasion in February 1921.