Georgian volunteer dies in Ukraine
Up to 30 Georgian volunteers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February. Photo from Vato Kavtaradze's Facebook.
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Jambulat Khoperia has become the latest casualty in the war in Ukraine among Georgian volunteers after being recently involved in combat action near Kherson.
Khoperia's father Archil confirmed on social media his son had fallen in the conflict, in a defiant message highlighting the cause of the volunteers joining the war on the side of Ukraine.
Archil Khoperia was involved in armed action against Russian and separatist forces in the 1992-1993 conflict in Georgia's now-occupied region of Abkhazia.
Up to 30 Georgian volunteers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February.
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.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has officially confirmed on Friday the death of two Georgian volunteers in combat action in Ukraine.
Edisher Kvaratskhelia, a Georgian volunteer involved in the conflict in Ukraine, on Monday became the 20th volunteer from the country to be killed in the ongoing war.
Five more Georgian volunteers were killed in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Public Broadcaster announced on Saturday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday expressed her condolences to the families, friends and relatives of all Georgian volunteers who had been killed in the battle near the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday sent his condolences over the recent death of six Georgian volunteers in Ukraine, with five of them killed near the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Saturday amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, calling it a “great loss for our country”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday sent his condolences on the deaths of Georgian volunteers in Ukraine over the recent days, calling the reported events a “tragedy for us”.
The body of Jambulat Khoperia, the Georgian volunteer who died in Ukraine last week following combat action in the ongoing war, was repatriated to Georgia on Thursday morning.