Body of fourth Georgian volunteer killed in Ukraine transferred to Georgia
Family members and dozens of citizens gathered at the Tbilisi International Airport in the morning to pay respect to Davit Gobejishvili, who was killed on March 26 in Irpin, a town northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze/RFE/RL.
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The body of Davit Gobejishvili, the fourth Georgian volunteer to be killed in combat action in Ukraine, was transferred to Georgia earlier today.
Family members and dozens of citizens gathered at the Tbilisi International Airport in the morning to pay respect to Gobejishvili, who was killed on March 26 in Irpin, a town northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Gobejishvili will be buried with military honours. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze/RFE/RL
Four Georgian volunteers have been killed in Ukraine so far. The bodies of Gia Beriashvili and Davit Ratiani were transferred to Georgia on March 24. They were killed on March 18 in a clash near Irpin.
Due to the difficult situation in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, it has not yet been possible to transfer the body of Bakha Chikobava, the fourth Georgian volunteer who has died in the war, to Georgia.
Chikobava was killed in Mariupol on March 19.
A fourth Georgian volunteer has died in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Irpin, the Georgian Foreign Ministry confirmed to Radio Liberty on Saturday.
Bodies of two Georgian volunteers, Gia Beriashvili and Davit Ratiani, killed in combat action in Ukraine, have been transferred to Georgia earlier today.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili expressed his condolences over the death of three Georgian citizens in Ukraine on Saturday.
David Ratiani and Gia Beriashvili, the two Georgian volunteers killed in combat action in Ukraine, were buried with military honours in Tbilisi on Saturday.
The body of Georgian volunteer Arkadi Kasradze, killed in the armed action in Ukraine, was repatriated to Georgia on Saturday morning.
The bodies of Zaza Bitsadze and Alika Tsaava, two Georgian volunteers killed during hostilities in Ukraine, were transferred to Georgia earlier today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Georgian service has reported.