The Ukrainians held at the checkpoint were temporarily evacuated to the territory of Georgia.

17 citizens of Ukraine, who have been in the basement of the border checkpoint "Dariali" for a year and a half, were evacuated to the territory of Georgia due to the threat of a natural disaster. After the threat was lifted, the operation of border checkpoints on the border between Russia and Georgia resumed.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the Georgian authorities denied the provision of international protection to the citizens of Ukraine, who have been living in the basement of the border checkpoint "Upper Lars - Dariali" for almost a year. The migration service justified the refusal with a conclusion from the counterintelligence of the State Security Service, noting that they pose a threat to the country's security. They could be deported from Georgia at any moment. 17 citizens of Ukraine, who have been in the basement of the border checkpoint "Upper Lars - Dariali" for more than a year, were evacuated to the territory of Georgia on August 13 due to the threat of a natural disaster.

17 citizens of Ukraine, who have been held in the basement at the Russian-Georgian border at the checkpoint "Dariali" (Upper Lars) for a year and a half, were temporarily evacuated today due to the threat of a natural disaster in the Devdoraki gorge, reported lawyer Darya Samodurova.

"This is the second evacuation in the last two months. People were taken just a few meters from the checkpoint and left in the back of a truck during the time of the natural danger," she said, as reported by the APUS project.

For a year and a half, three seriously ill Ukrainians from this group have not been transferred to a hospital for full treatment: they are provided only with emergency medical assistance, the report states.

As a result of heavy rain, a warning sensor was triggered, and at 6:30, an evacuation was announced in the gorge.

The checkpoint "Upper Lars - Dariali" was closed this morning after sensors of the automatic early warning system for natural disasters were triggered in the Dariali gorge, reported the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

The agency's message states that according to the safety protocol, all personnel working there, including patrol and border police officers, customs officers, and employees of private companies, were evacuated from the area.

For almost six hours, all types of vehicular traffic were prohibited for safety reasons, writes Paper Kartuli.

Information about the treatment of Ukrainian citizens being deported from the Russian Federation at the border with Georgia was known as early as 2025. In early August, five citizens of Ukraine declared a hunger strike at the Georgian checkpoint, demanding access to the Ukrainian consul, the opportunity to leave Georgia, or to file an application for international protection. After meeting with the Ukrainian consul, they ended their hunger strike. At the end of August, it became known that more than 60 Ukrainians were able to return home after a prolonged forced stay at the checkpoint.

In August 2025, Tbilisi accused Kyiv of delaying the return of Ukrainians to their homeland. Georgia is ready to pay for the transportation of 87 Ukrainians who are at the checkpoint "Dariali", but Ukraine is delaying the process, stated the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on Russia to deliver former convicts directly to the border of the two countries.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in December 2023, a group of Ukrainian citizens, mostly former prisoners, waited a long time for permission to enter Georgia from Russia. Some of them spent about a month at the checkpoint. According to them, they were only assisted by volunteers.

In October 2023, seven citizens of Ukraine were forced to spend more than two weeks in the buffer zone at the Russian-Georgian border. They had previously served sentences in prisons in Kherson, and after their release, they were taken to a deportation center in Volgograd and issued entry bans to Russia. While the Georgian authorities refused to let them into the country, volunteers provided the Ukrainians with food and essential items.

At the end of November of the same year, it became known that the Georgian authorities again refused to let former Ukrainian prisoners into the country. Volunteers managed to secure passes for eight Ukrainians, but another eight people, who by that time had already spent more than two weeks at the checkpoint, remained waiting at the border.