Europe 387
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Russian forces detected a commercially chartered Ukrainian military
transport plane crossing its airspace and forced the plane to land. Ukrainian officials
argued that there was no airspace violation.
MID#4425
Dispute Number: 4425
Date(s): March 23, 2005
Participants: 365 Russia/369 Ukraine
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On March 23, 2005, a Russian marine unit attempted to land troops in
Crimea. Ukrainian troops repelled the landing, and the Russian vessel carrying the
marine unit fled Ukrainian waters.
MID#4438
Dispute Number: 4438
Date(s): April 15, 2008
Participants: 365 Russia/369 Ukraine
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: A Russian warship in Sevastopol, Ukraine, fired an unarmed missile onto
Ukrainian territory. Ukraine protested.
365 Russia/372 Georgia
MID#3561
Dispute Number: 3561
Date(s): June 13, 1992 to October 22, 1993
Participants: 365 Russia/372 Georgia
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side B (Imposed)
Fatalities: 26–100 deaths
Narrative: The Abkhaz people never identified with the Georgian state created dur-
ing the Soviet era, but the autonomous Abkhazian Soviet Socialist Republic created
during the Soviet era became part of Georgia upon independence. The government in
Tbilisi attempted to consolidate control over the Abkhazi territory, and tensions rose
through June 1992. Civil war followed. Russia was nominally neutral on the issue at
the beginning, even supplying both sides with weapons during the early phases of the
conflict.