Georgia Firmly Refused to Return Buk SAM Systems to Ukraine – Diplomat
Ukraine provided these SAM complexes to Georgia during Russian invasion in 2008.
The Georgian government refused to hand over Buk self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems, which were provided by Ukraine during the Russian invasion in 2008, as Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine in Georgia Andrii Kasianov said in his comment for European Pravda.
According to the diplomat, Ukraine asked Georgia to provide not only SAM systems. but also Javelin MANPADS, which Tbilisi received from American allies.
Kasianov noted that the US not only approved the transfer of its weapons, but even offered Tbilisi to replace the systems with newer ones. However, Georgia firmly refused to do so.
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