It is a shame to refuse giving "Buk" systems to Ukraine! - the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, writes on the social network.

As he notes, with the help of President Yushchenko, Georgia bought them at a minimal price at the time.

"It is a shame to refuse giving "Buk" systems to Ukraine! With the help of President Yushchenko, we bought them at the minimum price at the time. When Yanukovych came to Ukraine, they even opened a case against Yushchenko for handing over "Buk" to Georgia, and they did it on Russia's instructions. Moreover, the instructor - Colonel Mamchur, who taught us how to use the "Buk", was killed by Russian agents in Rovno in 2017.

Now the Americans have given Ukraine a large number of missiles for "Buk". Most importantly, with this step, we refused not only the Ukrainians, but also the Americans, to lend their Javelins to Ukraine.

This is treason, and episodes of such treason will remain a heavy stain in the history of Georgia-Ukraine relations," Saakashvili wrote.

For information, Ukrainian Chargé d'Affaires in Georgia, Andrii Kasianov, published an article in the Ukrainian media, according to which, Kyiv asked Tbilisi to hand over the "Buk" missiles, which were given to Georgia by Ukraine during the 2008 war. According to him, Ukraine's request included the Javelin systems transferred by the United States of America to Georgia, and regarding the latter, there was not only consent from the United States, but even a proposal to replace them with new complexes.

source: IPN