“Uses everything”: Russia has launched a new hybrid war against Georgia – President Zurabishvili

Russia uses all forms and weapons in a new hybrid war against Georgia/Collage 24 Channel

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili stated that despite Unfortunately or because of it, Russia launched a new hybrid war against Georgia. For this, the Kremlin uses all forms and weapons.

Earlier, Salome Zurabishvili expressed doubts about the possibility of prosecuting Russian leader Putin and Chinese Xi Jinping. The Georgian Dream party was outraged by the words of the head of state.

Russia continues to wage a hybrid war

Salome Zurabashvili said that Russia continues to wage a hybrid war against Georgia, using all tools. In particular, speaking about the challenges that Georgia faced in 2023, she recalled the war in Ukraine.

Russia could not break Ukraine, Moreover, it failed to undermine the unity and solidarity of Europe and even strengthened it. Despite the failure or because of it, Russia has launched a new hybrid war against Georgia, for which it is using all forms and weapons, said the head of Georgia.

At the same time, she noted that the Russian plan to transform the Ochamchira port into a military base aims to transfer the confrontation to the Black Sea. According to her, they are talking about Georgian territorial waters.

Zurabishvili noted that in this way Russia poses a threat to the strategic perspective of the Black Sea.

< h2 class="news-subtitle cke-markup">Strengthening control over annexed territories

The head of Georgia noted that there is now mobilization in the occupied territories. According to her, constant intimidation, persecution, abduction and murder of local residents continues along the line of occupation.

In addition, Zurabishvili recalled the steps that the Kremlin took to annex Abkhazia. She recalled the capture of the Ochamchira port, the state residence in Bichvinta and the Sukhumi Babushera airport.

Construction of a Russian Navy base in occupied Abkhazia: what known

• At the end of December 2023, it became known that Russia began infrastructure work and the transfer of warships to the Ochamchira region.
• Now the port is a base for patrol ships of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia. This structure, in particular, is engaged in protecting the so-called borders of the self-proclaimed Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
• According to Ukrainian intelligence, the main goal of such work is to transform Ochamchire into a safe harbor for Black Sea ships Russian fleet. Kiev notes that under these conditions, the command of the Black Sea Fleet apparently decided to transfer the ships remaining afloat to more secure ports.