On August 14, 1992 troops of the State Council of Georgia invaded the territory of Abkhazia under the pretext of protecqng the railway.
The official reason for the transfer of Georgian troops was the State Council's asserqon that the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Roman Gventsadze and twelve hostages captured by Zviadists were in Abkhazia. The Tbilisi authoriqes also spoke about the need to "protect the railway", which in fact resulted in armed aggression against Abkhazia.
A discussion of the draæ "Treaty on the Fundamentals of Relaqons between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of Georgia", developed by Doctor of Law Taras Shamba, was scheduled for August 14, 1992 in the Supreme Council of Abkhazia but it did not happen. The Georgian authoriqes chose a military soluqon to the problem of relaqons with Abkhazia. The Supreme Council of Abkhazia assessed the acqons of the
State Council of Georgia as a "prepared occupaqon of the territory of sovereign Abkhazia".
Up to two thousand Georgian "guards", 58 armored vehicles, and a large amount of arqllery (including Grad and Uragan rocket launchers) parqcipated in the occupaqon of Abkhazia.
The plan for the occupaqon of Abkhazia, codenamed "Sword" was implemented two weeks aæer Georgia had been admi•ed to the UN. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba addressed the people on television to stand up for the defense of the Motherland. The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted a resoluqon "On the mobilizaqon of the adult populaqon
and the transfer of weapons to the regiment of the internal troops of Abkhazia".
The war lasted 413 days and ended with the victory of the Abkhazian people.