Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is demanding that the pro-West former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili — who is in jail for abuse of office charges he denies — be sent to Ukraine for urgent medical care.
577-33 calling on Tbilisi to release Saakashvili, noting that his “health has continued to deteriorate” and that he had “lost a substantial amount of weight.” It added that “continuing failure to improve the situation” of Saakashvili represented a “blow” to Georgia’s international reputation and would “hamper its European Union candidacy prospects.
. They said two independent medical teams had concluded that Saakashvili “has developed a number of life-threatening health conditions while in custody” and lost more than 110 pounds while in jail.Following the court video, Zelensky called for Saakashvili to be immediately transferred to Kyiv.
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