Two more Georgian volunteers die in war in Ukraine
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Two Georgian volunteers were killed in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday.
Irakli Okruashvili, Georgia’s former defence minister who is currently involved in the armed action in Ukraine, on Saturday posted a social media update that said two Georgian volunteers had died and five received injuries in clashes with Russian troops.
One of the casualties, Davit Menabdishvili, had reportedly resided in Ukraine since 2014.
In total, six Georgian citizens have died in the war since the start of the Russian ivnasion. The bodies of three of them - Gia Beriashvili, Davit Ratiani and Davit Gobejishvili - have been repatriated back to Georgia and buried with military honours in Tbilisi.
David Ratiani and Gia Beriashvili, the two Georgian volunteers killed in combat action in Ukraine, were buried with military honours in Tbilisi on Saturday.
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.
Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, said the Georgian side was “actively cooperating” with the relevant structures in Ukraine to ensure the transportation of the bodies of two Georgian volunteers who had died in war in Ukraine.
Three Georgian volunteers were killed and one wounded in the war in Ukraine on Saturday, Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, said.