 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure pokusvika muMoscow, zvisinei, Bartsyts akanzwa kuti hondo muAbkhaziarakanga raputika. Akadzokera kuAbkahzia munaGunyana 1992 kuti apinde muhondo, achitanga asvika kuGudauta kuzoshanda naVladislav Ardzinba. Pakazosvika October, Bartsyts akanga apinda mumutsara wokutanga uye akanga ari ne2nd Verkhneeshersky Battalion. Bartsyts akadzidziswa somurapi uye akashanda somurayiridzi wezvokurapa paGumistinsky Front. Munguva yehondo, Bartsyts akatora mifananidzo yakawanda paHondo Yenyika II Soviet kamera: kuunganidza kwake ndeimwe yezvinyorwa zvakakosha zvehupenyu munguva yehondo. 