Friday, December 5, 2025

Saakashvili claims Georgian officers preparing to join Ukraine's military

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Defense Minister Mindia Janelidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former President Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday said that Georgian officers will be serving in Ukraine’s armed forces and have been promised Ukrainian citizenship.

But Defense Minister Mindia Janelidze rejects this. He says there hasn’t been a single

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Georgian victim of Ukraine war brought home

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The body of Arsen Beridze was brought home to Georgia from Ukraine Monday. (1tv.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The body of a Georgian who died a few days ago in a bomb explosion in Ukraine’s Donetsk region arrived in Georgia on Monday.

Arsen Beridze, 23, from Adjara region, had been living in Ukraine with his family for the past 12 years. He was killed when

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Interview: Francis Fukuyama on the war in Ukraine and NATO expansion

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Francis Fukuyama is professor of political science at Stanford University.

Many Georgians are discussing how far Mr Putin will go in his attempt to subdue his neighbor Ukraine. Maybe he will take this important seaport of Mariupol and go to Odessa or even Kiev? What’s your opinion about the outcome of this conflict?

I don’t really have a prediction about this

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Georgia preparing to send humanitarian assistance to Ukraine

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Health Minister Davit Sergeenko. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Children and injured people will be brought from Ukraine to Georgia for treatment, and Georgia will offer humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said on Saturday.

“We are also thinking of bringing children, injured,

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Georgian health minister in Ukraine developing aid plan

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Health Minister Davit Sergeenko. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Health Minister Davit Sergeenko started his visit to Ukraine by making several agreements about offering assistance to Ukraine as result of the crisis there.

A bilateral working group is being created to coordinate the assistance. Sergeenko Wednesday

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Human chain outside Ukrainian embassy in Tbilisi

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(Photo published by Free Zone, a youth group which supports the National Movement.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement demonstrated outside the Ukrainian embassy in Tbilisi on Saturday, to mark the 25 year anniversary of Freedom Chain, an anti-Soviet protest, and to express solidarity with Ukraine.

Demonstrators called on the government

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