Ukraine requested that Georgia return the ‘Buk’ missile systems that Ukraine sent to Georgia during the 2008 war, Andrei Kasyanov, the Temporarily Representative of the Ukrainian Embassy to Georgia stated, Georgian Today reports.
Ukraine Chargé d’affaires added that Ukraine’s request also included anti-tank Javelin missile systems that the US provided to Georgia in 2008.
“The Ukrainian side is consistent in its request to all international partners, including Georgia, to supply weapons, military equipment and ammunition. Additionally, it declared the urgent need for weaponry at the outset of the Russian Federation’s extensive military operation in Ukraine.
Even though the Georgian government categorically rejected military assistance, Ukraine rebuffs the use of this issue in domestic political disputes and denies any accusation of trying to drag Georgia into a war,” Kasyanov stated.
On February 25, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that his state would not join Western sanctions against Russia, either financially or economically. He reaffirmed this position on 3 April.
At the end of December, Garibashvili noted that official Tbilisi was doing enough to support Ukraine.
