Saakashvili Addresses Protesters In Kiev - December 7, 2013 - “Ukrainian triumph will put an end to the era of Vladimir Putin and it will start here, on this very square,” he said.
Saakashvili, who graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev in 1992 after serving with the Soviet border troops in Ukraine, addressed the rally in Ukrainian reading out from notes.
“I am Georgian, I am Ukrainian, therefore I am European,” he said.
Earlier on Saturday he told Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV in Kiev that developments in Ukraine are of vital importance for Georgia. “Georgia’s fate is also being decided here. We can’t remain passive observers,” he said.
