Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland


FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian opposition figure and Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses journalists as he visits the General Prosecutor's Office in Kiev, Ukraine December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland on Monday, the Ukrainian border service said, after he was detained in a Kiev restaurant by law enforcement agents in camouflage.

Poland's border service confirmed that he had arrived and that Warsaw had agreed to let him enter.

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