Georgia's ex-president gives interview to Ukrainska Pravda

11:42, 30.12.2022

“If I were in Ukraine, I would stand with Volodymyr Zelensky,” Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili told Ukrainska Pravda in an interview, which will be published on December 31.

Responding to the journalist’s question on what he would have been doing if he did not return to Georgia and stayed in Ukraine when Russia intruded in Ukraine, the ex-president said he would have stood with President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he deemed as “one of the prominent politicians after Winston Churchill.”

I would travel around the world, using my connections to mobilize support for Ukraine. Second, I would constantly be on the front line and help Ukrainian and Georgian fighters. Recently, they recorded a joint address and congratulated me on my birthday. I cannot help remembering that 35 of them sacrificed their lives in the war, among them 7 in Bakhmut. Many of my friends died or were wounded,” he said.

Mikheil Saakashvili added that he felt “100 percent Ukrainian” and was proud of it as never before.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

Mikheil Saakashvili

Ukrainska Pravda