٠٠:٠١:٠٢Mandatory credit: Georgian Prime Minister's Press Service
The Ukrainian leadership was put in place by foreign powers and the country is suffering the consequences, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
"The leadership has come from abroad, the country has been destroyed as a result. 20 per cent of Ukraine's territory is occupied, tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties, over 500 dead children, two thirds of young people either died or left the country, half of the energy facilities destroyed, and the infrastructure is in dire straits," Kobakhidze explained.
The Prime Minister also noted that Georgia experienced a similar situation from 2004 to 2013.
"Our leadership was also appointed from abroad in 2003 through a non-governmental organisation and someone had to be held accountable. And what was the outcome? Complete business racketeering, killing people on the street, more than 150 young people were killed by the regime of [former Georgian president Mikheil] Saakashvili," he said.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Ukrainian leadership 'appointed from abroad' resulted in country’s destruction - Georgian PM Kobakhidze
The Ukrainian leadership was put in place by foreign powers and the country is suffering the consequences, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
"The leadership has come from abroad, the country has been destroyed as a result. 20 per cent of Ukraine's territory is occupied, tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties, over 500 dead children, two thirds of young people either died or left the country, half of the energy facilities destroyed, and the infrastructure is in dire straits," Kobakhidze explained.
The Prime Minister also noted that Georgia experienced a similar situation from 2004 to 2013.
"Our leadership was also appointed from abroad in 2003 through a non-governmental organisation and someone had to be held accountable. And what was the outcome? Complete business racketeering, killing people on the street, more than 150 young people were killed by the regime of [former Georgian president Mikheil] Saakashvili," he said.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Mandatory credit: Georgian Prime Minister's Press Service
The Ukrainian leadership was put in place by foreign powers and the country is suffering the consequences, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
"The leadership has come from abroad, the country has been destroyed as a result. 20 per cent of Ukraine's territory is occupied, tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties, over 500 dead children, two thirds of young people either died or left the country, half of the energy facilities destroyed, and the infrastructure is in dire straits," Kobakhidze explained.
The Prime Minister also noted that Georgia experienced a similar situation from 2004 to 2013.
"Our leadership was also appointed from abroad in 2003 through a non-governmental organisation and someone had to be held accountable. And what was the outcome? Complete business racketeering, killing people on the street, more than 150 young people were killed by the regime of [former Georgian president Mikheil] Saakashvili," he said.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.