In Sukhumi, at the Alley of Boarder Guards, was held mourning ceremony to commemorate deceased Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Kvitko, employee of Border Division of Federal Security Service, Russian Federation.

According to the de facto Security Service of Abkhazia, more than 300 citizens were detained for violation of de facto border with Georgia, the number is three times less than it was in 2017. According to the Service, significant reduction of violators number is caused by refined approach to the border protection issue by de facto Border Security Service of Abkhazia and Border Division of the Federal Security Service of Russian Federation  which is deployed in Abkhazia.