11 policemen were injured during Saakashvili’s breakthrough into Ukraine

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that 11 police officers were injured when the former governor of the Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, surrounded by supporters, broke through the Ukrainian border.

The Interior Ministry's report says, in particular, that Saakashvili's supporters knocked the policemen to the ground. The victims were diagnosed with closed head and chest injuries. None of the officers required hospitalization.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that it was conducting an audit, following which "a legal assessment will be given to the actions of each of the participants in the event."

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko vowed to prosecute "those who organized illegal border crossings, led such actions or assisted them with advice or actions."

“Fighting for power, Saakashvili's supporters are destroying the state. Whoever disagrees, try to break through the Georgian or British border, ”Lutsenko wrote on his Facebook.

• Mikheil Saakashvili crossed the Ukrainian border on the evening of September 10 with a crowd of his supporters at the Shegini checkpoint after he was not allowed to enter the country by train. Then he got into the car and arrived in Lvov. In Lvov, judging by the video from Saakashvili's Facebook, he was met by a crowd of supporters and journalists.
• Saakashvili was the president of Georgia from 2004 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2013. In May 2015, he became the governor of the Odessa region, and at the end of 2016, he resigned from this post after a conflict with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. In July 2017, Saakashvili was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship. Previously, he was deprived of citizenship of Georgia.