Two Georgian volunteer fighters killed in Ukraine
Ukrinform
Malkhaz Kvizhinadze and Joni Odishvili, veterans of the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 who were fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, have been killed in Ukraine.
Andriy Yermak, chief of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
"Unfortunately, war is losses. We are losing our heroes, as well as volunteer fighters who are fighting for Ukraine against Russian evil. Such were the veterans of the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, Malkhaz Kvizhinadze and Joni Odishvili," Yermak said.
Odishvili died near Bakhmut and Kvizhinadze in the Luhansk region. The plane with the bodies of the victims arrived in Georgia, where the heroes will be buried, Yermak said. He also expressed his condolences.