Georgia admitted former prisoners from Kherson region forcibly taken to Russia

According to the article, human rights activists are currently transporting the men to a safe location where they will be able to rest. Afterward, they will assist them in preparing the necessary documents for their return to Ukraine.

Former Ukrainian prisoners, forcibly transported by Russian military personnel from Kherson, have been living in Upper Lars, located between Russia and Georgia, for a week now.

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On the night of August 16 to 17, Georgian border guards refused entry to their country for five former prisoners from the Kherson region who had been forcibly transported to Russia before the withdrawal.

In September of the previous year, shortly before the Russian army's withdrawal from Kherson, the occupation authorities transported approximately 2,500 prisoners from Kherson prisons via Crimea. Most of them were sent to penitentiaries in southern Russia, where they continued to serve the sentences imposed by Ukrainian courts.