
Russia floats plan for ferry route from occupied Mariupol to Batumi
The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been occupied by Russia since a destructive battle that killed tens of thousands of civilians in 2022.

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been occupied by Russia since a destructive battle that killed tens of thousands of civilians in 2022.

Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili requested he be included in the list of civilian prisoners of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha dismissed the accusations, saying only Georgia is to blame for its own failings at the accession process.

In his speech at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi also said ‘Georgia is depend[ent] on Russia’.

Georgian Dream officials have been escalating their rhetoric against Ukraine in recent days.

Pro-Russian propagandists have echoed the allegations in recent days.

Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) said investigators were ‘considering’ connections between the arrests and the upcoming municipal elections.