Reports of Russian occupation forces in ‘borderisation’ activities near Tskhinvali region
A dedicated hotline used for occurrences and incidents along the administrative boundary was also activated for the purpose. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Russian occupation forces carried out illegal ‘borderisation’ activities near central Georgia’s Gori Municipality village of Zardiantkari, adjacent to the administrative boundary line separating the Government-controlled territory from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, on Sunday.
Georgia’s State Security Service told local media outlet Interpressnews the European Union Monitoring mission had been informed of the latest activities, which periodically involve occupation forces moving barbed wire fences denoting the occupation line into the Georgian-controlled territory, marking areas as the new ABL, and more.
A dedicated hotline used for occurrences and incidents along the administrative boundary was also activated for the purpose.
The EUMM has monitored areas adjacent to the de-facto lines separating the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali from the Georgian-controlled territory since 2008.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has responded to a request by Inal Ardzinba, the de-facto foreign minister of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, for the status of an observer in the United Nations for the region by calling it a “propaganda move doomed to collapse."
The Russian occupation forces carried out various types of unlawful activities, including illegal ‘borderisation’, throughout the month of January along the de-facto boundary line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the government-controlled territory, Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) has announced.
The State Security Service of Georgia has reported “illegal destructive activities” observed in the occupied territories near the central Georgian village of Mejvriskhevi, adjacent to the administrative boundary line separating the government-controlled territory from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The forces carrying out occupation of central Georgia’s Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region were observed in 130 cases of illegal ‘borderisation’ on the administrative boundary throughout 2021, while nine such incidents noted along the boundary separating the occupied northwestern Abkhazia from the Georgian territory, the annual report of the Georgian State Security Service said.
Russian occupation forces have been observed setting up installations near central Georgia’s Gori Municipality village of Khurvaleti, adjacent to the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, Georgia’s State Security Service said on Sunday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and MPs on Friday met local self-government officials and citizens to discuss the current circumstances and needs of the residents living in villages located near the occupation line separating central Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) from the rest of the country.
Russian occupation forces carried out illegal “borderisation” activities near central Georgia’s Kareli Municipality village of Okona and Gremiskhevi village in Dusheti Municipality on Saturday.
US foreign and national security policy expert and former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker on Sunday said Russia's “imperialist wars” against its neighbours had not started in Ukraine but had “happened” in Georgia, and “we can't forget that Russia is still in Georgia”.
The head of the State Security Service of Georgia, Grigol Liluashvili, on Friday said the occupation of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia by Russia was the main threat to Georgia's statehood.
The Georgian State Security Service said 44 persons had been illegally arrested by Russian occupation forces in the vicinity of central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, and 13 adjacent to the occupied Abkhazia in the north-west of the country, in its annual report for 2022.