I would like to express my condolences to the families of the Georgian fighters who died in Ukraine, their loved ones, relatives - this is a great pain for us. Such a statement made today the Prime Minister of Georgia.

“I honestly want to say that it is a big loss. 33 of our compatriots have already died in this war in Ukraine, which, of course, is a tragedy for us. So once again my condolences to their families.

Also, I want to clarify once again. According to the decision of our Government, in agreement with the families, the transfer of the deceased in all previous cases took place with the direct involvement of the Government.

These costs are fully covered by the Government. Also, according to our decision, since most of them were ex-military, policemen, officers, participants in wars for our territory, we arranged military honors funeral for all of them.

The representatives of the opposition are trying to earn some points from the issue of soldiers killed in the war”, - said Irakli Garibashvili.