Local of Khurvaleti – What was happening in Khurvaleti yesterday was provocation

“We have been feeling a threat from Russia for a long time but what was happening yesterday was a mere provocation. They wanted to show that they are heroes – Givi Kalmakhelidze, local of Khurvaleti village said.

Kalmakhelidze said that Russian soldiers were not present on the territory controlled by the Georgian side. He claimed that representatives of the National Movement Party who were in power in the past lost the territories and turned locals into IDPs.