Six Ukrainians who were forcibly removed from Kherson by the Russian military and taken to Russia are trapped in a buffer zone between Russia and Georgia. Border guards refused to let the group into Georgia late on August 16, citing "other reasons," even though they requested political asylum. Russian security forces, meanwhile, are said to have attempted to force the Ukrainians back onto Russian territory. Human rights activists said the Ukrainians have not been provided with food and other necessities. One of them is a patient with HIV who has run out of medicine. Officials from Georgia and Ukraine haven’t commented. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Six Ukrainians Caught For Days In Neutral Zone Between Russia And Georgia
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