US EditionUkrainians Expelled From Russia Launch Hunger Strike at Georgia Border
DARIALI BORDER CROSSING, RUSSIA-GEORGIA BORDER, AUG 5 – The five Ukrainians protest indefinite detention without consular access and demand medical care amid overcrowded conditions holding about 100 people, rights groups say.
- On August 6, 2025, five Ukrainian nationals at the Dariali border crossing launched a hunger strike, claiming denial of entry and inhumane conditions by Georgian border guards.
- Following deportations from Russia on June 21, Ukrainian detainees have been held since June 5 in a cramped, windowless basement at the Georgia border crossing.
- Amid reports of abuse, 97 detainees said guards used physical force and withheld food during a late July evacuation.
- The European Court of Human Rights launched proceedings last week against Georgia and Ukraine, demanding information by Wednesday on approximately 100 Ukrainian citizens in limbo without passports.
- In response, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said "Russia is weaponizing the deportation of Ukrainian citizens through Georgia" and highlighted the Dariali crossing as the only viable exit point for deportees.
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‘It’s becoming a humanitarian disaster’ Ukrainians stranded at Georgian border after deportation from Russia launch hunger strike
At least 15 Ukrainians deported from Russia declared a hunger strike at the Georgian border on August 6, demanding a meeting with their consular officials. Around 100 Ukrainian citizens remain stranded in the buffer zone, including a number of former prisoners and civilians from Russian-occupied areas who were persecuted for expressing pro-Ukrainian views. Having been expelled from Russia without documents, many of these Ukrainians have spent mon
Ukrainians stuck in buffer zone on Russia-Georgia border declare hunger strike — Novaya Gazeta Europe
Fifteen Ukrainian former prisoners stuck in transit in the buffer zone at the Russian-Georgian Verkhny Lars border crossing informed the head of Georgian customs on Wednesday morning that they were going on hunger strike, men in the group have told Novaya Gazeta Europe directly.
For several months, the problem of the detention of Ukrainian citizens who had been deported from the Russian Federation remained at the Russian-Georgian border.
More than 10 Ukrainian citizens stranded at the Dariali checkpoint on the border between Georgia and Russia went on a hunger strike. The Georgian service of Radio Liberty reports on 11 Ukrainians who have gone on hunger strike, and the Tbilisi life telegram channel reports about 15. They demand that the Ukrainian consul be admitted to them, explain the reasons for their detention, provide an opportunity to leave the territory of Georgia or file …
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has initiated proceedings against Georgia and Ukraine in the case of Ukrainian citizens who were detained at the checkpoint "Upper Lars" ("Dariali") on the Russian-Georgian border in the West. The ECHR case was the response to the humanitarian crisis that has been ongoing for more than two months, at the centre of which there are about 100 Ukrainians who have been deported from Russia before.Human rights…
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