Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. File photoTBILISI, Mar 14Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, during her annual speech in parliament, criticized both the authorities and the opposition for their actions against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine. wp-content/uploads/2022/03/134a34b72904dbc9abfc38dd35d5a6bf.jpg» />Kuleba accused Moldova and Georgia of wanting to «cling» to UkraineThe head of state condemned the actions of the government, which applied for EU membership «without being backed by joint signatures», and criticized the opposition for the fact that she is trying to denigrate the name and face of Georgia abroad and present the country as if she prefers fear to dignity and has changed her foreign policy.
"The government sins when the party is given preference over decision-making or the publication of information instead of state institutions. When key decisions between government agencies are not considered jointly and information is not exchanged. Who would believe that in such a complex and wary situation the Security Council never met, military threats were not discussed jointly in the presence of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. These vicious forms must be corrected immediately!", Zurabishvili said.
The President noted that she supports the authorities that it is necessary to be careful, and the opposition that it is necessary to be more courageous. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. As of March 14, more than 3.9 thousand military infrastructure facilities were destroyed, as well as 100 aircraft, more than 1.2 thousand tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 124 multiple rocket launchers and 143 drones, including the Turkish Bayraktar TB2.Scholz called the refusal of Ukraine and Georgia admission to NATO correctThe offensive is going on in several directions, Kyiv is blockaded from the west, the RF Armed Forces have achieved air supremacy over all of Ukraine. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) nuclear power plants was taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and work is underway to restore water supply to the Crimea. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, as of March 2, 498 Russian soldiers were killed and 1,597 wounded during the operation. Among the Ukrainian side, according to the Russian military department, the losses are many times higher: more than 2,870 killed and about 3,700 wounded. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as of March 12, 579 civilians were killed and more than a thousand wounded during the conflict. These statistics take into account, among other things, losses in the territories of the DPR and LPR, which, according to UNHCHR estimates, account for 25 dead and 117 injured. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages of Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as human shields.
The EU will prepare an opinion on the applications of Moldova and Georgia to join the Union