Kyiv accuses Russia of leaving Ukrainians stranded at Georgian border


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  • Saturday, 19 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a press conference, with the Ukrainian and Lithuanian flags displayed, in Lublin, Poland, July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's foreign minister accused Russia on Saturday of deporting Ukrainians into Georgia and leaving them stranded there without proper documents hundreds of miles from their home.

Andrii Sybiha said Russia was stepping up the expulsions of Ukrainians - many of them former prisoners - over the southern frontier, rather than sending them directly over its border with Ukraine.

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