Ukrainians have been held on the border with Georgia for more than a week: most of them were forcibly taken to Russia

Six Ukrainians have been trying to get into Georgia for more than a week/Collage of Channel 24

Six Ukrainians are stuck in the neutral zone between the borders of Russia and Georgia. Five of them are former prisoners who were forcibly transferred to the aggressor country.

It is known that they are not allowed into Georgia. And six citizens of Ukraine have been in the neutral zone for more than a week. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is already studying their situation.

Ukrainians were not allowed into Russia: what is known

According to available information, from Russia to Georgia was denied entry by six Ukrainian men.It is known that five of them were imprisoned in the Kherson region, after which they were illegally taken to the aggressor country.

As for the sixth Ukrainian, he entered Russia, after which he ended up in a filtration camp. The man was released and tried to leave the country, moving to Georgia, but he failed.

The head of the Unmode organization, which helps Kherson prisoners, Aidan Fedosik, said that the Georgian border guards did not let the Ukrainians in. To our citizensrefused, citing “other reasons”.

According to Fedosik, Ukrainians categorically refuse to go to Russia again. As of August 25, they have been in the buffer zone near the Upper Lars checkpoint for the eighth day.

The Ukrainians hoped that they would be able to get out of Russia in transit through Georgia. They arrived at the border between the two states on the night of August 17However, the Georgian border guards decided not to let them into the territory of their country.

Volunteers help Ukrainians

The mother of one of the men talked to journalists. According to her,Russian security officials tried to take her son back to Russia from the buffer zone. Fortunately, he was “recaptured” by the forces of other Ukrainians and Georgian border guards. After that, the citizens of our state try to stay closer to the Georgian checkpoint.

One of the six Ukrainians, who introduced himself as Mikhail Strelyan, spoke with Suspilny journalists. He said that our citizens sleep on the floor on two mattresses. They receive food and water from volunteers.

According to Strelyany,on May 31 he flew to Adler airport. The man tried to take his sister to Europe, because he lives there.

< p class="bloquote cke-markup">At the airport, at the checkpoint, they gave me a piece of paper where I had to sign that I support the SVO, that I support the entry of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia, that I support the Russian Crimea, and another list of 11 issues. I refused to sign them, after which they took me to a separate office at the airport and started beating me, – he told about his detention.

The man spent in the Sochi district police department. After that, the Sochi City Court sentenced him to 15 days in prison. This was motivated by alleged disobedience to police officers.

As soon as he served 15 days, he was met at the exit by police officers. And everything happened again. Man four times like thishe ended up in a pre-trial detention center after spending only 58 days there. He says that he was periodically beaten, humiliated, called a Nazi, a Khokhl. All for his position and that he does not support the so-called “SVO”.

Later, Strelyany ends up in a deportation prison. There he meets former prisoners from Kherson and Zaporozhye. They were forcibly taken out of Ukraine when the regions where they lived fell under the occupation.

The man noticed thatthey were brought to the Georgian border in handcuffs. At the checkpoint they were given a seal prohibiting entry back to Russia. However, they were not allowed into Georgia either.

What they say in the Foreign Ministry

Let's start with the fact that The Georgian Foreign Ministry immediately informed Kiev about what happened. This was done to help our citizens return home. We have already met with Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine Oleksandr Shulga. The Foreign Ministry told reporters that they are working to return six citizens. punishment, the issue of their return to Ukraine is being worked out, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.