The Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State responds to the deadly shooting of a Georgian citizen and the detention of another individual near the village of Kirbali.

“I’m not going to get ahead of anything that happens. That would be incredibly inappropriate. But I will just echo what was in the tweet yesterday, which is that we condemn that killing, and it is another example of the destruction that is ongoing that’s being caused by Russia’s occupation of Georgia’s sovereign territory and elsewhere. And it’s something that we’ll continue to monitor and call out as well”, - said Vedant Patel.