US EditionUkraine Evacuates 65 Citizens From Buffer Zone at Russian-Georgian Border
Ukraine repatriated 65 citizens from a humanitarian crisis at the Dariali checkpoint, totaling 109 returns since June amid increased deportations by Russia, officials said.
- On August 21-22, Ukraine repatriated 65 citizens held at the Dariali checkpoint, including 10 women and 8 seriously ill individuals, via Moldova on President Volodymyr Zelensky's orders with Georgia's assistance.
- The crisis arose after Russia began increasing deportations in the second half of June, leaving Ukrainians at the Dariali checkpoint without documents, food, or medical care.
- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry noted prior returns of 44 people in recent months, bringing total repatriations to 109, including defenders of Mariupol and residents from Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.
- The Interior Ministry said each returnee will receive legal, medical, and security support, while Ministry of Internal Affairs units participated and Ukrainian agencies coordinated with Georgia and Moldova.
- Ukraine has publicly appealed to Russia to redirect deported citizens to Ukraine's border, but Russia ignores this, while about 30 people remain trapped and the European Court of Human Rights seeks information.
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Kyiv brings home 65 Ukrainians stranded for weeks at Russian–Georgian border
Ukraine has repatriated 65 of its citizens who had been held at the Dariali checkpoint on the Russian–Georgian border, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
Ukraine Evacuates 65 Citizens From Buffer Zone at Russian-Georgian Border
Ukraine has carried out the return of 65 citizens from the buffer zone on the Russian-Georgian border. Among those brought back were 10 women and 8 seriously ill people, Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha reported on August 22. “All of them were stuck at Georgia’s Dariali checkpoint in conditions of a humanitarian crisis created by Russia’s actions. Ukrainian diplomats and consuls made every effort to secure their return and to improve con…
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