Fourth Georgian volunteer dies in war in Ukraine
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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.
The development follows the deaths of David Ratiani and Gia Beriashvili, killed on March 18 in hostilities near Irpin. Their bodies, transported to Georgia on Thursday, were buried with military honours earlier today.
The body of Bakhva Chikobava, the third Georgian volunteer who died near the city of Mariupol, is yet to be repatriated back to Georgia.
David Ratiani and Gia Beriashvili, the two Georgian volunteers killed in combat action in Ukraine, were buried with military honours in Tbilisi 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.
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.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has officially confirmed on Friday the death of two Georgian volunteers in combat action in Ukraine.
The body of Davit Gobejishvili, the fourth Georgian volunteer to be killed in combat action in Ukraine, was transferred to Georgia earlier today.
Two Georgian fighters were killed in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday.
Irakli Okruashvili, Georgia’s former defence minister, wrote on Facebook yesterday that two Georgian volunteers died, while five got injured.
Three Georgian volunteers were killed and one wounded in the war in Ukraine on Saturday, Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, said.
The Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia on Monday offered his condolences to families and relatives of the Georgian volunteers killed in Ukraine last week amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Tato Bigvava, a 27-year-old Georgian volunteer joining Ukrainian forces to defend the country against the ongoing Russian invasion, was killed in clashes with Russian troops in the Azovstal steelworks plant in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Interpressnews agency said on Thursday.
Giorgi Grigolia, a 41-year-old Georgian volunteer joining Ukrainian forces to defend the country against the ongoing Russian invasion, was killed near the Donetsk region city of Bakhmut, the Georgian Public Broadcaster said on Tuesday.
An air raid in Ukraine has resulted in the latest Georgian casualty of the war in Ukraine, with volunteer Kakha Gogoli confirmed killed in the attack on Sunday.
Georgian volunteer Berdia Jokhadze has become the latest casualty from the country in the ongoing war in Ukraine, with his family confirming his death on Thursday.
A Georgian volunteer has died in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to the Public Broadcaster on Saturday.
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.
Two Georgian volunteers Mikheil Kaplanishvili and Aleksandre Martiashvili were killed in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Luhansk Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Georgian ambassador to Ukraine confirmed to the Public Broadcaster on Saturday.