Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is surrounded by his supporters as he arrives at a checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border in Krakovets, Ukraine September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
SHEHYNI, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and a crowd of supporters barged past guards to enter Ukraine from the Polish border on Sunday after a prolonged standoff between Saakashvili and the Ukrainian authorities.
Amid shouts of "victory" and "glory to Ukraine", Saakashvili returned to Ukraine despite being stripped of Ukrainian citizenship by his one-time ally, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and facing possible arrest and deportation.
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