During the war in the Caucasus in 2008, when Russian tanks were on the outskirts of Tbilisi, President Mikheil Saakashvili hid his family in Crimea.
Irina Vannikova, former press secretary of Viktor Yushchenko, shared such memories in an interview with TV channel 112.
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“President Yushchenko was in Crimea at that time, and then there was a call from Saakashvili, who told Viktor Andreevich: “Come over, Russian tanks are heading towards Tbilisi, help.”
Viktor Yushchenko began to recruit his European colleagues - Kaczynski, the three leaders of the Baltic states, and in about a few hours they assembled a plane of presidents. Kaczynski flew to the Baltic states on his plane and picked up his colleagues; they flew to Simferopol, picked up Viktor Andreevich and the delegation, and 74 people flew to save the Georgian people.
At this time, the Saakashvili family - children and wife - were at their dacha in Crimea. In the Crimean residence of the President of Ukraine,” said Vannikova.