Speaker of the Georgian Parliament refused to go to Bucha at the invitation of the Rada

The speaker was invited to visit the city of Bucha near Kyiv in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Papuashvili said,

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili did not accept the invitation of Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk to visit the city of Bucha near Kyiv. He announced this on Facebook (a court in Russia recognized the owner of the social network, Meta Platforms, as an extremist organization and banned its activities).

Papuashvili considered the invitation inappropriate due to accusations from the Ukrainian authorities against Tbilisi. “The support and partnership of our countries really do not deserve from the high-ranking officials of Ukraine attempts to separate the people of Georgia from power, demands to open a second front, unfounded diplomatic demarches, unfounded accusations of smuggling or accusations of trying to warm their hands to the misfortune of the Ukrainian people. As it was in the previous address of my colleague,” the chairman of the parliament explained.

According to him, Kyiv should share the "strong support" of the Georgian people and authorities. Papuashvili stressed that Tbilisi uses all international platforms for legal and political assessment of Russia's actions.

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In early April, Ukrainian and Western media, including Reuters and AFP, as well as Ukrainian politicians, published footage of the bodies of people in civilian clothes on the streets of Bucha, from which the Russian military had left a few days earlier.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Russian military was not involved in the killings of the civilian population of Bucha, and the published materials are a provocation. The agency indicated that all units of the Russian Armed Forces left the city on March 30. “Not a single civilian was hurt,” they stressed there and added that photos and videos from Bucha appeared after employees of the SBU and Ukrainian television arrived in the city. The Kremlin called the incident in the city a forgery in order to "try to denigrate the Russian army."

Russia twice requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Bucha, but was refused. As a result, the situation in the city was discussed at the previously scheduled meeting of the Security Council for Ukraine on April 5, most of the participants spoke in favor of an international investigation of what happened.

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After that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky recalled the ambassador from Georgia. He called the reason "an immoral position in relation to sanctions", as well as "obstacles for volunteers" who want to help Ukraine. In addition, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk accused Georgia of providing its territory to Russia for the smuggling of military equipment and spare parts.

In response, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Teya Tsulukiani said that Ukraine has become a “reserve for criminals from Georgia,” and Vereshchuk called the statement disinformation and “dirty lies.” “I assure you, the borders of Georgia are controlled,” she said.